Progressivism vs. Socialism

[fpb]

The big surprise in the English and Welsh local election

Comments

[djmahon]

In short, socialism is the Iron Law writ large. No wonder it's so enduring.

[fpb]

Could you please explain me where that follows from anything I said?

why he said what he said

[dr_dgo]

When you have a hammer, all problems look like nails. An interesting analysis of the election. How will this change the picture on immigration, especially the mohammedans? I do find it amusing, in a sad way, how folks can rail against "poverty" in the west, when many want to come here "cause the poor folk are fat".

Re: why he said what he said

[fpb]

I do not see any change in the govenrment attitude to Muslims for a while yet, and that for two reasons. First, both parties are after Muslim votes. Second, and more important, the romantic Lawrence-of-Arabia idea of the Muslim world is inbred in British culture, and a certain strain of dislike of Jews nearly as deep. The more people are rooted in the old culture of the governing class, the likelier they are to take Muslims at their own estimate. What will nevertheless happen is that the less educated classes will judge by what they see on TV screens and experience by themselves. An ominous sign is the rise of the Fascist BNP party, which is now indubitably a national force, and whose very clever leader Nick Griffin has been hammering as hard as he can on Islam, immigration and "culture wars"-type issues - all things on which the mainsream parties are as silent as the proverbial grave. The BNP now has one representative in the 25-member London Assembly, whose electorate is about 2.6 millions, which means that at least over a