Some years ago a friend of mine from Cavan showed me magazine or other publication from his native town. He pointed with glee at a piece with photograph demonstrating what he thought typical of its local paper The Anglo-Celt.
A reporter had been detailed to interview a busker in the town centre and he dutifully followed his instructions. He either carried a camera or was accompanied by a photographer and his piece together with picture was prominent on the front page.The photograph showed the busker but just behind the busker there was a team of firemen fighting a fire that was consuming two or three storeys of store. The reporter and The Anglo Celt failed to mention the fire.I’m reminded of this by watching Jeremy Corbyn’s performances at Prime Minister’s Questions at Westminster. Corbyn knows his task, has his questions and comments typed in advance. These are sacred texts predestined to be delivered by Jeremy, come Hell, Fire or High Water.They are full of sentiments and attitudes as static as the Maginot Line which make nonsense of the concept of a Labour Movement.The Tories regularly run rings around Corbyn just as another Nasty Party circumvented the Maginot Line.I can’t see Russia or the USA coming to the Labour Party’s aid.
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