Boo boo in select company

Boo boo in select company
Something to say?

Friday 30 October 2020

Labour Self Harm

 The Labour Party's capacity for self-harm appears to be infinite. Just when the Tories are shooting themselves in the foot daily, we deflect attention from their disastrous policies to our in-house spats. And, of that we have many.

   Let's not forget how the sickening group within the Labour Right, set out deliberately to make sure that Corbyn and the Left did not win the 1919 election. Disgraceful! Owen Jones's book 'This Land' discusses the schisms within the party and the few who set out deliberately to defeat Labour. And they succeeded.

   And now we have the Jewish issue surfacing again, I wonder, are there Tories working within the Labour Party? The Jewish issue destroyed the Party in 1919 and it seems to pop up whenever someone is looking for a stick to beat the Left with.

   So, what does the Party executive do? It suspends Jeremy Corbyn and removes the parliamentary whip from him. Of all the daft things to do. I am a strong supporter of Jeremy because he is principled and honest. He genuinely cares about the poor working classes and focuses on the inequalities that keep them underfoot. 

   Now, I imbibed politics with my mother's milk in that most political of all states in India-- Kerala. My father was sent to jail n 1942 for his Satyagraha activities. In 1953, he contested the Thalassery seat for membership of the Legislature, knowing full well that the unholy coalition of the Communists with a splinter party of the Congress would wipe the floor with him. And they did. He turned his mind to activities within the community to help the poor, the 'lower castes' and the down-trodden. 

   As a young woman, I witnessed the horse-trading within the Parties and the friendships forged for a day and then discarded. I can sniff out a self-seeking politician a mile away, 

   Clearly, there is a vindictive caucus within the party which will self-destruct to destroy the Left of the Party.  I am devastated.

   I support Keir Starmer for leadership of the Party, because he has the gravitas, the skills and the intent. I hope he has the wit to see his error and restore Jeremy to his place in the Party.