“The people of Venezuela do not need the weasel words…from assorted Stalinists, Trotskyists, antisemites and members of Labour’s front bench.”
The Foreign Secretary says that anybody who thinks of the country’s socialist government as a model should consult their TV screens.
Peterson rejects collectivist doctrines, and instead emphasises the importance of the individual. This is why so many people say they have been inspired by his work.
Amy Chua says they are blind to the decisive importance of tribal politics – an obliviousness which extends to America itself, and prepared the way for Trump.
In addition to the old ‘useful idiots’, the Kims and Castros of the world know they can rely on the aid of genuine idiots, too. We ought to know better.
“We’ve always told ourselves we don’t do extreme politics in our country…until now.”
Many Labour councillors are still backing the Maduro dictatorship. This is something we need to challenge.
For most voters, the 1970s are as foreign and distant as Venezuela.
The most startling element is its one big dive outside the workings of the Tory machine: he wants the leader’s powers to draw up the manifesto to be reined in.
If you criticise Trump’s Charlotteville generalisations while defending the same tactics from Corbyn, you’re making our politics worse.
Plus: I’m beating James O’Brien; Labour’s telling silence on Venezuela; and saying farewell to a friend.
We must never forget that the Opposition would ally us with any tyrant, terrorist or thug so long as they recite the requisite ideological verses.
Most people in both camps are interested in getting the best outcome starting from where we are. Here’s how.
Let’s see if Labour stands with Venezuela’s oppressed. For what party could truly say that it supports labour, while lending support to the butchery of labourers?