Old Leftist comments.

Mr. Lloyd proves that he riffs on certain themes of both Tories, and the Blairite political infatuation, with Mrs. Thatcher’s Hayekian toxic political/economic kitsch.

On Sidney and Beatrice Webb:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sidney-and-Beatrice-Webb

The Webb’s would, in fact find, this tantamount to a betrayal of what they advocated/practiced, in ‘The New Statesman’ .

Today Labour promises less than it promised during the Corbyn years. But those promises often felt like charity, dreamt up by the privately-educated Marxists around him, with little understanding of working-class people.

In sum Corbyn was manipulated by ‘the privately-educated Marxists around him’ Mr. Lloyd recites a not quite well worn inditement of Corbyn, here given etiolated pictorial expression in The Economist!

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/09/19/backwards-comrades

On the Question of Starmer: he is Blair’s undemanding/un-imaginative political creature. This from The Financial Times interview of Lynton Crosby from September 19, 2020, offers some insights on Starmer:

Crosby backs Johnson to neuter EU with a ‘bit of crazy’ negotiation

Former adviser says British PM can secure trade deal and see off Labour’s Starmer at next election.

https://www.ft.com/content/2cfe0519-2ca0-401f-bb73-7045e564605c

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Lynton Crosby, the Australian strategist dubbed the “wizard of Oz” by clients, said Mr Johnson could win a fifth successive election for the Tory party in 2024 despite criticism over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In contrast, Labour leader Keir Starmer would struggle to dethrone the prime minister because he is risk averse, viewed as part of the political establishment and faces intense scrutiny over his time as director of public prosecutions, he added.

“In the past, the EU has thought Britain’s an easy touch and in the end they’ll roll over. And, you know, in negotiations, like this you need a little bit of crazy to keep your opponents guessing,” Sir Lynton told the Financial Times.

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I offer just a brief sketch …

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