Election 05
Dear American Friends,
How The British Cover Their Elections 101: a short video .
I should explain by way of a bit of context that the man being interviewed was a Labour MP who liked to go on all expenses paid friendship missions to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Kinda like Hanoi Jane, but without the looks. He has also been quoted as saying the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life.
Anyway, after Britain went to war in Iraq, this guy was kicked out of the Labour Party (for, among other things, suggesting that British soldiers should disobey their orders). He then became leader of RESPECT (the Socialist Worker Party rebranded for the 21st century) and moved to a very poor, very multi-ethnic area of east London to run for election there.
So, maybe not a guy that most people in the UK have a whole lot of sympathy for, whatever their views on Iraq.
However, bizarrely, in this interview he ends up coming out as the sane one. Go figure.
How The British Cover Their Elections 101: a short video .
I should explain by way of a bit of context that the man being interviewed was a Labour MP who liked to go on all expenses paid friendship missions to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Kinda like Hanoi Jane, but without the looks. He has also been quoted as saying the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life.
Anyway, after Britain went to war in Iraq, this guy was kicked out of the Labour Party (for, among other things, suggesting that British soldiers should disobey their orders). He then became leader of RESPECT (the Socialist Worker Party rebranded for the 21st century) and moved to a very poor, very multi-ethnic area of east London to run for election there.
So, maybe not a guy that most people in the UK have a whole lot of sympathy for, whatever their views on Iraq.
However, bizarrely, in this interview he ends up coming out as the sane one. Go figure.
posted by alranson | 11:55 AM
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