Category Archives: Politics

In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn…

Posted on May 1, 2017 by bsixsmith

On June 8th, the Labour Party is expected to lose. Its loss, indeed, is all but inevitable. The only thing that is in question is the scale of the defeat. A great TV series could be made about the leadership … Continue reading →

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Politics Sucks…

Posted on April 19, 2017 by bsixsmith

I’m sick of politics. I’m sick of elections. I’m sick of referendums. I’m sick of reselections. I’m sick of deselections. I’m sick of negotiations. I’m sick it of it all and yet I’ll keep consuming every scrap of news that … Continue reading →

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On Inevitablism…

Posted on March 15, 2017 by bsixsmith

The socialist author and academic Mark Fisher, who died earlier this year, wrote an engaging little book called Capitalist Realism which argued that neoliberalism has sustained itself by propogating the belief that there is no alternative to its ideas and … Continue reading →

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On the Domestication of Victims…

Posted on January 25, 2017 by bsixsmith

The victim is a romantic figure in Western thought: Gandhi, resisting British imperialism; Mandela, enduring South African apartheid; Aung San Suu Kyi, surviving her house arrest in Burma. We admire victims who are weak in a material sense but have … Continue reading →

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On Judging Dead Rulers…

Posted on November 27, 2016 by bsixsmith

Fidel Castro was perhaps the best communist. This is, of course, to damn him with faint praise but it is nonetheless worth noting that he murdered thousands rather than millions of his people and never drove his nation to economic … Continue reading →

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Defend Jeremy Corbyn! (On One Point, At Least…)

Posted on July 2, 2016 by bsixsmith

I think my record of creatively insulting Jeremy Corbyn and his politics speaks for itself, suffice to say that I would rather be exiled to the loneliest and coldest little enclave of Siberia than see him droning on about Palestine … Continue reading →

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Against “Liberty”, “Democracy, “Independence” et cetera…

Posted on June 25, 2016 by bsixsmith

Among the worst vices of the modern left is a tendency to promote as sacred concepts that are of little or no essential worth. A hundred starving men are “equal” but this is no consolation. Votes for Hitler were “democratic” … Continue reading →

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This House Cannot Stand…

Posted on May 24, 2016 by bsixsmith

It is often feared that multiculturalism divides native populations from ethnic minorities, but it is becoming increasingly clear that there is multiculturalism within native populations – and that those populations are truly divided. Across Europe, liberal and left-wing voters have … Continue reading →

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On Avoiding Stereotypes…

Posted on May 11, 2016 by bsixsmith

Manchester police have apologised after a fake suicide bomber taking part in a training exercise shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he made his “attack”. Activists denounced this as an unacceptable display of rank stereotyping. Somehow omitted from media reports was the … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Virtues of Behaving Like an Adult…

Posted on April 29, 2016 by bsixsmith

It goes without saying that I detest the politics of Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone, and that my delight in their electoral embarrassment will only be restrained by David Cameron’s success. Having said that, I am tired of the endless … Continue reading →

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