Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

The Left, the Party and the Class

“[ P]rogressives remain fixated on how to revive the world that engendered the present disorder. They constructed and managed that world, and it flattered their self-image as the rational vanguard of the species. It is only to be expected that they should yearn for the return of their now bankrupt authority. Yet few aspects of the contemporary scene are more laughably grotesque than defunct politicians and advisers demanding a return to the politics of competence and expertise that produced the dysfunctional euro, the ruinous Iraq War, the financial crisis, anarchy in Libya and the regime of globalisation that is currently collapsing.” State of the nation - we are entering a new age of disorder

The armed forces are abusive institutions. They target the poorest and most vulnerable young people for recruitment, brutalise them through military training, deploy them in wars that fuel poverty and destruction in other parts of the world, and often dump them back into poverty when they leave." —Simon Hill Labour leader accused of 'erasing history in Armed Forces Day message

We're knee-deep in shit and drinking cups of tea

The new socialism of fools