Hugh: It's a question of a movement being built around
Livingstone's candidacy gather behind it all the popular
disaffection and hatred for New Labour's neo-liberal Tory policies
I am always amazed at the left's dogged support for the
pro-Imperialist, pro-Capitalist, Opporunist, racist
Livingstone's campaign is pointedly anti-political. He has already said
that 'he's not running as a socialist', and appeals instead to a 'kick
the bums out mood', telling the NME awards "I prefer to be here having a
good laugh rather than sitting in the House of Commons listening to that
lot
Three cheers for Hugh. What would we all do without him.
Hugh: It's not a static question. It's a question of a movement being built
around Livingstone's candidacy that might well be able to use a few
fundamental democratic, anti-bourgeois slogans to gather behind it all the
popular
At 10:28 07/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
If this guy passes Hugh's test, he ain't no sellout.
CB
He's not a sell out. He is courageous and shrewd. But that does not stop
him being an opportunist.
If he wins, and it is more than likely, since he will get the largest first
preference votes, and will
Hugh playing the little drummer boy for Livinstone from the "left" certainly must be a
new chapter in the book of both entrism and critical support. Basically the latter
linked to the former.
In other words if it moves support it.
Rob on the other hand compares it with Tuberculosis or cancer.
1) A campaign of personal vilification of Livingstone unparallelled in
recent political history, certainly in Britain and probably in most
imperialist countries (it'll quite possibly approach Malaysia in its
viciousness...
What, Henry CK Liu, hasn't chirped in to assail this attack on the
At 10:28 07/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
If this guy passes Hugh's test, he ain't no sellout.
CB
He's not a sell out. He is courageous and shrewd. But that does not stop
him being an opportunist.
If he wins, and it is more than likely, since he will get the largest first
preference votes, and
Chris B informs us that
Ken Livingstone has taken the plunge, broken his word, and announced he is
standing for the new post of Mayor of London, against the official Labour
candidate Frank Dobson.
Very briefly cos I'm absolutely whacked...
While Livingstone has indeed gone back on what he said
Ken Livingstone has taken the plunge, broken his word, and announced he is
standing for the new post of Mayor of London, against the official Labour
candidate Frank Dobson.
A snap telephone opinion poll for the Guardian tonight reports him to be
over 40 % ahead of his nearest rival, Dobson, who
