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Animal Farm Animal Farm's message is not that socialism inevitably fails. Rather it describes with great clarity the weaknesses which ultimately sabotage attempts to put socialism into practice. Its target is not socialist ideals but the political systems that fail those ideals , that sabotage...

There is a long established instinct on the liberal Left to act when thinking is required and to chin-stroke when action is required. Taking time out inside a bubble inside an echo chamber might be calming, and may even be understandable given the situation we are in. But unless the militant...

I put up some stats on corruption in the form of a graphic, from Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic islands. As far as I know they are correct. If I am coming across as one sided it's because I find the other side horrendous and I don't give much credit to their reasoned arguments, I mean...

I think that it's another spectacular own goal from the Spanish government. I mean, independentistas could have been stopped in their tracks with any one of the following; common sense, compassion, Machiavellianism, or the very referendum they have been denied, more or less any time in the past...

...the answer to an assent-based question which is flawed should always be "no" - it tends to give me funny scores on things like the political compass, though, especially when it comes to interpretations of what "ought to" means. Anyway, I'd be perturbed by anyone who signed up happily to all...

Machover expulsion update • Jewish Voice for Labour

It's on campus where ID politics tends to be at its most toxic - particularly in the US but the UK has its issues, especially in London universities. I would confidently guess that the mere mention of "identity politics" to them would be a dogwhistle that results in them accusing you of not...

I'm increasingly thinking that the principal damage identity politics* is doing is to erode the idea of solidarity, and crucially that solidarity is very different from agreement. I don't have to agree with the way some trans people approach gender to be willing to support them as an oppressed...

There are plenty of tricky questions that need addressing, and there's no reason to think there are easy answers to all of them. We grope our way forward. But the starting point to that groping for better systems has to be respect towards those who don't fit into current systems, and paying...

Loathe as I am to defend Clinton, she wasn't dismissing the "basket of deplorables" because of their skin colour or socio-economic status. She was dismissing bigotry generally as deplorable, and it's generally overlooked that Trump has a huge base among wealthy people too (tax "reform" is one...

The ex-Marxist Christopher Lasch went some way to explaining it in his books from The Culture of Narcissism onwards. The alternative politics he suggests are pretty much a non-starter, but he definitely nailed the elitism and snobbery of US 'progressives.'

Anyone who has had to deal with serious mental health problems will know the gap between a "productive" member of society and someone the wrong side of the criminal justice system can be very thin. Retain a compassion for the person behind the problem. If you can be a positive influence in one...

It also helps if you don't completely despise people who aren't the same as you. Especially those you purport to represent.

I think that there has been a mode of thought that has grown in (particularly the more corporate aspect of) the political caste - that they really are somewhat untouchable. It seems inconceivable to us that people like Paget-Brown, May, even people like Sadiq Khan, can make what seem to us like...

This vile piece of editorial was prominent on the DM website an hour ago and then dissapeared so I had to do an advanced search for it. So to preserve this bile I will qoute it in full. So this is how they intend framing 'their fightback'. DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Shame of playing politics with...

It says it's reflecting the mean views of each party's supporters, so presumably there will be some percentages of support around those coloured areas as well.

Yeah, I agree with that. But not as polarised as implied by that political compass-style map, with literally nobody other than at the poles. The majority of people in my own personal bubble are still as middle-ground wishy-washy liberal as they ever were.

That's very interesting but it does imply the non-existence of voters that are at least within the area defined by (0.2, 0.2), (0.2, 0.5), (0.6, 0.8) and (0.6, 0.6). This is literally the middle ground (it encompasses (0.5, 0.5)) that we are normally told contains MOST of the voters! So what...

Not polling as such, but polling derived. Given the usual caveats about this 'political compass'-style methodology....the 'ideological' mapping of support in 2015 and 2017.

Thing is, that's probably pretty much the extent of what he can do while campaigning is suspended. Meanwhile, for May it's non-stop hospital visits, high-profile meetings with the police and summarising the mood of the nation in her role as quasi head of state, until such time as they decide...