Hard-left plot to elect Corbyn Labour leader? The numbers don’t add up
Sunday Times ludicrously inflates the popularity of communism in modern Britain
Sunday Times ludicrously inflates the popularity of communism in modern Britain
We know the drill now. A eurozone member finds itself in dire financial straits. A cabal of finance ministers, European officials, domestic technocrats and global financiers pushes the stricken national government towards severe public spending cuts and tax rises. The social unrest caused by these policies bleeds into some form of populism, be it left-orientated (Syriza in Greece; 15M in Spain), right-orientated (Golden Dawn in Greece) or somewhere in the fuzzy middle (Beppe Grillo in Italy).
Two days after the US elections, we see the other side of the coin in the Chinese Communist party congress, where they will “announce” their new leadership.