I'm sorry, but my view is that you won't take "yes" for an answer, unless whoever you're talking to says exactly the same thing in exactly the same way. Life's too short… (View Post)

Yes, exactly. How does that differ from what I said? I say we made mistakes but the war is classic imperialism. You say it doesn't matter if we've made mistakes, it's classic imperiali… (View Post)

Sure, if you define far left as "supported Corbyn". That's why I'm fairly well-informed about the sector. I've supported democratic leftism (which I think of as help the unde… (View Post)

As I've said in various posts, the far left in Western Europe have really gone off Russia (to the extent that they were ever fans) - everyone from Corbyn and McDonnell in Britain to the Linke in… (View Post)

Yes (not to mention Jeremy Thorpe), and thanks for sparking the interesting debate - don't be put off by the criticisms. The more general point is that MPs are not actually distinctively differe… (View Post)