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Bad Dog

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21. I remember going to a fund raising party for the SWP.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 08:22 AM

Dec 2016

In the kitchen there were two blokes going hammer and tongs about what Trotsky's legacy actually is. It got very heated, they almost came to blows over something most people don't even care about. Most on the far left are more concerned with ideological purity than getting into power. They're very good at alienating supporters.

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Tony Blair wonders whats gone wrong with politics. How sad he cant see it [View all] Ken Burch Nov 2016 OP

More: Ken Burch Nov 2016 #1

Thought provoking T_i_B Nov 2016 #2

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #3

The problem was compounded.... T_i_B Nov 2016 #5

Gordon Brown falling over himself apologising to Gillian Duffy st the tone. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #6

Labour indeed has major problems. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #4

The PLP should not have tried to unseat Corbyn after he won the election. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #7

Isn't it a valid point, though, that there aren't the resources to do anything Labour cares about.. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #8

Trident is expensive, but it's not that expensive. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #9

For that, blame the right-wingers who formed the SDP Ken Burch Nov 2016 #10

The SDP played their part. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #11

I could live with McDonnell, too. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #13

There's lots of counter claims going on. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #14

The UK Trots are the crowd who inspired the "People's Front of Judea" sequence in THE LIFE OF BRIAN. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #16

The only people who find 'Marxists and Trots' a threat. Bad Dog Dec 2016 #17

The bad news.... T_i_B Dec 2016 #20

I remember going to a fund raising party for the SWP. Bad Dog Dec 2016 #21

Putin's influence is a major problem T_i_B Nov 2016 #12

You're right. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #15

I can totally understand why they did it T_i_B Dec 2016 #18

Unfortunately it's just stengthened his position. Bad Dog Dec 2016 #19