Bob Crow RIP

[poliphilo]

Can't say I paid him much attention when he was alive. (I don't use the London underground so what me worry!) But the tributes that came flooding in at his death were unignorable. The most generous came from Boris Johnson who had reason to hate him and the most grudging from Ed Miliband who might have been supposed to be on his side. Seems he was both principled and effective- a very rare combination in politics in any age- and a man who knew what he thought without having to consult a focus group. 

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Milliband wasn't on his side. Bob was way to the left of what jokingly passes for the Labour Party these days and was never a member of said party.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Dispiriting, ain't it!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Aye!

I'm a left socialist of the 'Old Labour' school with little time for the assorted Trots, ex communists and Stalinists and their hangers on and rag, tag and bobtail which pass as a left wing these days, so who the hell do I vote for?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Last time round I voted for the Pirate Party.

I like pirates.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Arrrr! Jim lad! :o)

I do vote Green in things like the Europeans- we have a decent Green MEP locally, but I really think we need to get Cameron and his cronies out next year so I'll need to use that vote seriously and I may just have to hold my nose and vote Labour.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well, I expect I'll do the same, though without any real hope of change.

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

Have you guys not removed the U from Labour yet?

Once that happens, it'll be even more easy to forget it was ever really about labour, I'm sure.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Who invented the language anyway? :op