The confusing bit is that New Labour aren't anythi...

2009-03-31T04:13:00.000+01:00

The confusing bit is that New Labour aren't anything like Cuba or Chile in philosophy.

Except for the authoritarian streak of course.

You've got me kind of wrong there. I don't back Ca...

2009-03-31T00:27:00.000+01:00

You've got me kind of wrong there. I don't back Castro. Sorry to be a pain.

In the words of Marx himself, 'democracy is the road to socialism'. Cuba is an example neither of the road to take there, nor the destination itself.

Castro's regime is itself responsible for imprisoning hundreds of democratic socialists, as well as executing trots in large numbers... there are no free trade unions, and industry is centrally controlled by a bureaucratic clique, often directly against the interests of both workers and the public. Such a state of affairs can only be described as socialist by someone who spent way too long taking money from the Kremlin. State ownership does not denote socialism. It simply denotes openness to one of many options that socialists often use in pursuit of their cause.

I'll back Cuba when its own citizens are free to decide whether they'd like to themselves. I can't disagree with their green energy or health policies, but that's not enough when unemployment is sky high and you can get locked up for having a coke.

Also, never followed up on John Bercow's question because I never noticed it.

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