A descent into madness

James Price has an interesting Critic piece on the madness of the political left in Britain

The British left has descended into madness

Whilst the national media focus on Reform, the left is seeing its own foment

In some countries, election days are occasions for fanfares. Americans have “I voted” stickers and Australians have their sausage sizzles — hot dogs handed out from barbecues. In Britain, on the other hand, it’s the subtle touches that denote polling day. Village halls or leisure centres, stubby pens, dogs tied up outside those neutral black and white “POLLING STATION” signs — and, more recently, shouts of “Allahu Akhbar!”

This was the scene in Leeds last year, when Mr, now Councillor, Mothin Ali won the ward of Harehills and Gipton for the Green Party. This novel twist on drab acceptance speeches did not go unnoticed, though Cllr Ali has been swift to decry those who did notice as “Islamophobic” in one of his first utterances as a public figure.

The whole piece is well worth reading as another reminder of how deranged the British left has become. The obvious danger is that lunatic political activism has become mainstream in Britain and shows no sign of abating. As we know, this is not the cosy eccentricity of a dotty aunt, being far more sinister than that.

The difference between left and right in Britain, is that beyond the bluster, there is little that Reform and the Conservatives disagree on. Reform have the energy and zeal, the Tories have the intellectual hinterland and the scars on their back from fighting the Blob. Together, they could make a powerful electoral and political coalition which could save Britain.

The left, on the other hand, will always find ways to fall out with one another. The well-represented but braindead liberal democrats, the left of the Labour Party, the Your Party (or perhaps “Your Parties” by the time this comes out) and now the Greens have confirmed that they will fall down under the weight of their own contradictions.

With their enemies this mad, bad and dangerous, the right could seal a glorious comeback for the country — provided it doesn’t repeat the suicidal factionalism of the Left.