John McDonnell Interview
An in depth interview with John McDonnell, shamelessly cut and pasted from GrimmerUpNorth.
[Full article also archived here]
..."Why is Gordon Brown desperate not to have me stand?
"I don't necessarily think he's worried about losing. What he and his colleagues are worried about in new Labour is that, if I stand, it will demonstrate that there is overwhelming support for our ideas and that might well be translated into a significant vote - and I'm confident about that, both in trade unions and among local Labour Party members.
"What we'll have done is we'll have recreated the broad church of the Labour Party.
"Once we've done that, there is no leader who wants to win the next election that can ignore that that force has re-emerged. Whether it be in changing policy or the composition of government, any leader who wants to win the next election will have to take that into account."...
You can see more of John
You can see more of John McDonnell explaining his policies on YouTube. He's far more coherent than the rabble on the Blairite effort.
More power to you all ! I
More power to you all !
I know a few honest people in politics here, too. They get dam' all media coverage , except when it can be done negatively .
You may have heard of the Wild Man Jose BOVE , who trashed a McDonalds here a few years ago ?
I learned last night that they unbolted it,, carefully putting the bits into boxes....
What the hell are you chaps
What the hell are you chaps up to? This is the biggest day in British electoral history and you're nowhere to be seen?