Oh, I completely agree, but, neither are far left countries, anymore.
Saudi Arabia, also kills its critics, there are a lot of authoritarian regimes in the World who , unfortunately, do not share our democratic principles. The Communist ethos that was espoused by Marx, Engels, Trotsky, etc, was...
I completely understand your point, and historically you are completely right. Communism and Fascism are two sides of the same coin, with little real difference between them, However, socialism and conservatism, are different, and , in this country , at the present time, we do appear to have the...
If you put the present Conservative party as right of middle, and the present Labour Party as left of middle, I would say there is a huge difference in policies, also, your earlier examples of Russia and China as being of the far left are a little outdated. Russia is further to the right now...
I’m not talking far right, to quote, right of centre political parties, unquote.
This includes the Conservative and Unionist Party, that has scapegoated every section of society that I mentioned in my post, in my lifetime.
Your post are also a large slice of ‘whataboutism’
Basically, all right of centre political parties need scapegoats, in my memory, Unions, single mothers, New Age travellers, immigrants, the EU, the enemy within, the working class , the disabled, benefits claimants, generally ‘Foreigners’It doesn’t matter to them, as long as the right wing press...
What utter nonsense. He had no elected MPs, the BUF. had only 50, 000 members at the height of its popularity, which was before he went full on Fascist. The only elected representatives the BUF had was a few Councillors, one of which was elected in Worthing.
The man was a failure his entire life.