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Why the left is afraid of itself : Comments

By Aidan Anderson, published 10/9/2015

The very real possibility that a politician from the left will assume leadership of a mainstream political party has sent British commentators into hysterics.

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What a steaming pile of wishful thinking. For the sake of the world, let's hope the Left is left interred.
Posted by calwest, Thursday, 10 September 2015 8:00:40 AM
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@Calwest: Who would the Right wage war against if the Left was interred? Abbott would have an existential crisis.
Posted by Jan B, Thursday, 10 September 2015 9:07:47 AM
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Nice one, Jan B.

But, actually, I don't see Abbott waging war against anyone, more's the pity. If he did the ABC would be privatised, Greg Hunt wouldn't have a job because there's been no global warming in 18 years and 18C would have been repealed.
Posted by calwest, Thursday, 10 September 2015 9:57:44 AM
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Damned if I see how how the media prediction of the possible rise of a real Left lunatic shows that the Left is afraid of itself.

Anyway, the media gets its political predictions wrong 9.9 times out of 10.

One of the qualifications of the maniac Corbyn the author did not mention, is his chumminess with Islam.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 10 September 2015 10:16:28 AM
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As I said in the QandA thread - the reality is that the politics once espoused by 'Liberal Wets' and even by Menzies (take progressive tax and a mixed economy) are now decried as 'extreme' by the Conservatives; and even by a significant part of Labor. For crying out like critique the specific policies rather than trying to bypass any need for that - by appearing to so-called 'common sense'. (in the Gramscian sense, the hegemonic Ideology)
Posted by Tristan Ewins, Thursday, 10 September 2015 10:52:54 AM
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sorry for the typos btw
Posted by Tristan Ewins, Thursday, 10 September 2015 11:10:28 AM
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