I Did Not Enter The Labour Party

The General Election Of 1983 Has Produced One Important Result That Has Passed Virtually Without Comment In The Media. It Is That, For The First Time Since 1945, A Political Party With An Openly Socialist Policy Has Received The Support Of Over Eight And A Half Million People. This Is A Remarkable Development By Any Standards And It Deserves Some Analysis ... The 1983 Labour Manifesto Commanded The Loyalty Of Millions Of Voters And A Democratic Socialist Bridge-head In Public Understanding And Support Can Be Made.

We Have Been In Recess Since July, And During That Time There Has Been A Fuel Crisis, A Danish No Vote, The Collapse Of The Euro And A War In The Middle East, But What Is Our Business Tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [lords]. It Ought To Be Called The Bankruptcy Bill [commons], Because We Play No Role.

I Met Somebody Once Who Said, "i'm A Lapsed-atheist" By What He Meant Was, "i Don't Believe In God But The Older I Get The More I Realise There Is A Spirituality In Everybody That Has To Be Cherished And Nourished." That Made A Lot Of Sense To Me.

The First World War Created The Second World War Because That Was A War Between Three Grandsons Of Queen Victoria: The King Of England, The Kaiser And The Tsar Married Queen Victoria's Granddaughter. And That Triggered Communism In Russia And Fascism In Germany And Led To The Second World War.

Undoubtedly The War With Iraq Was A Tragedy. I Think It Was Also A Crime.