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Smurf

Smurf

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Anyone watch the report on Newsnight the other night? Not looking good for the dream of a socialist utopia... Looks like there will be a military coup before long. And today petroleum has gone up in price from $0.01 (yes, one cent!) to $0.95 per litre...
 
I recall some entertaining bunfights on here evolving around Venezuela and Chavez. I expect the lads who were so enthusiastic about it will be on soon explaining why it's all turned out for the best, or it's America's fault or something.


Look, I'm not massively against Hugo. I don't even think he's particularly dangerous (although I'm sure he'd like to think he is). I just get frustrated by the enthusiastic support he receives from lefties because of his anti-US bent and vague rhetoric, and the general desire to see Venezuela as a manichean battleground between a proud champion of the poor and a few scheming toffs, when in fact he's just another slightly useless shouter who's slowly shagging his country's economy and gradually making things a bit worse for most people.
 
A friend of mine worked in the British Embassy out there.

He had a great time.

I'm not sure I'd take the price of petrol to be the only thing I'd judge it on.
 
Jack said:
A friend of mine worked in the British Embassy out there.

He had a great time.

I'm not sure I'd take the price of petrol to be the only thing I'd judge it on.
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Jack nobody is judging it on the price of petrol. You obviously didn't watch Newsnight the other night or indeed other news articles this week. Their economy is now judged by the IMF as the poorest performing economy on the planet. They are now the murder capital of the world. Huge queues forming for basic supplies and Socialist MP's blaming "American imperialism". Oh and inflation reached 180% yesterday... It is sad stuff and no doubt the military will soon mount the inevitable coup.
 
What has taken place in Venezuela is a stark lesson for the UK labour movement. The United Socialist party, elected on an anti-austerity ticket, have failed to take the commanding heights of the economy under worker's control. Sadly Corbyn and McDonnell are going down the same route.
 
jock3 said:
What has taken place in Venezuela is a stark lesson for the UK labour movement. The United Socialist party, elected on an anti-austerity ticket, have failed to take the commanding heights of the economy under worker's control. Sadly Corbyn and McDonnell are going down the same route.
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Why not go the whole hog and lament he didn't kill half the population
 
Am I the only one who read the thread title as vuvzela ? Stupid bloody things.
 
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