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Barbara Castle

posted 11 years ago by knella1
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From a socialist point of view, Barbara came accross well in this movie. And from my learnings deservedly so. I know Harold Wilson drifted to the right during his time, but it must have been so hard ruling a fundamentally tory country in these times.
So I forgive you Harold, and at least you had the balls to put Tony Benn in your government (strange how Mr Blair didn't)
I guess they'll never be a real Labour government in my time, but that's got more to do with the electorate than anyone else.

[–] DBloodnok 10 years ago

You really ought to twist your thinking and wonder why Saint Wedgwood Benn deigned to be a member of a Government that supported the UK nuclear deterrent and the US in Vietnam.

"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."

[–] Squeeth2 10 years ago

If Britain is tory, why is there such a fascist electoral system? As for Comrade Benn, I'm waiting for him to disown that war criminal Hilary.

Oh and if Castle was a leftie, why did she front In Place of Strife, the beginning of Thatchlerism?

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