British jobs for British workers: not the same thing as saying ‘Enoch was right’
PERHAPS the single most ugly page in post-war industrial relations history is the story of how some sections of the working class reacted to Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech in 1968. London dockers, Smithfield meat porters, builders and workforces at several small factories warmly responded to the Tory MP’s deliberate attempt to incite racial [...]
Why the BNP is right wing (and fascist); reply to Iain Dale and John Redwood
IAIN Dale and John Redwood represent the not-so-stupid face of the Stupid Party; the Thatcherite blogger and the Thatcherite former cabinet minister are clearly very intelligent blokes. Yet both display an uncharacteristic degree of political illiteracy today, founded on wilful misconstrual of what can be included under the general heading of ‘rightwing politics’. Iain – [...]
