As a liberal, left-leaning pseudo-Tory capitalist-socialist (I think that covers most of it), I struggle to see how the proper ‘left’, those more Marx than Blair, more Livingstone than Lenin, how they view the world. I get some of it. But where I struggle is why they’re always so keen on terrorism.

Jeremy Corbyn is known to be ‘anti-democracy’, itself a rather strange position for any democratically elected, UK leader of a mainstream party. So perhaps he sees anarchy as the most expedient way to achieve ending democracy. Thus he aligns with any group anywhere, regardless of their tactics, who are seen as having ‘ a cause’.

Why else would he have a personal history of fraternising with the (then) IRA? Why the excessive sympathy for ISIS? Hamas are his mates. Hezbollah. Its beyond me.

The other day Labour reinstated party membership to Gerry Downing. He was kicked out of the party last year because he stated that the 9/11 bombers must never be condemned. Nice. But he also shared an article online entitled: “Why Marxists must address the Jewish Question concretely today”.

Well what is the ‘jewish question’? I always thought it to be: ‘why is this night different from all others?’ (Jewish joke) Or, “can I buy that wholesale?” But apparently not.

Apparently there’s a question and it needs not only answering but doing so in a concrete manner. This is from the article: “the Jewish-Zionist bourgeoisie, from Milton Friedman to Henry Kissinger to the pro-Israel ideologues of the War on Terror, have played a vanguard role for the capitalist offensive against the workers.”

And you can’t argue with that. Nor would you want or need to. Its neo-left-wing-bollox-speak which says precisely nothing but does so in really elegant sounding phrases. The mere tone of which is very accusatory.

But the shift has occurred in the hard-left narrative. From: ‘anyone with an anti-establishment cause’ being worthy of support, to now, ‘anyone who blows things up, murders, maims, kills innocents, destroys half of New York, MUST have a cause worthy of our support’. Don’t they? Must do, surely? Well, let’s support them anyway; we can always find something downtrodden, something anti-establishment, something worthy somewhere between their petrol bombs and suicide vests.

Gerry Downing has now been kicked once more from the Labour Party. Twice in one year. He should be my hero for that alone. But he’s not. He’s a rabid motherfucker who makes you almost hope that he gets killed in a terrorist atrocity. Just for the sheer irony.

Happy Thursday

A xxxx