How To Tell When You've Arrived In British Politics

It has been interesting over the past few years realising that the reason why the Marxist "left" has managed to sustain such a hegemony over political discourse over the past 13 years is because they constantly watch for any ideas or individuals that may threaten their discourse and then they swiftly move in to "neutralise" this source before it gains any traction. They often do this by "muscling in" on the intellectual territory so that the unsuspecting public associate the new ideas with the "left" before they get a chance to be associated with the "right".

We have to take it that the Marxists consider the new columnist and blogger Cristina Odone as a threat after her recent strident pro-conservative, pro-women pieces at the Telegraph because Harridan Harperson just invited her to tea.

Incredibly, Harperson told her that on a tour of factories years ago working mums told her:

they wanted to be able to stay at home with their babies; wanted part time, not full time work; and for Childcare Tax Credit to pay for relatives who babysat rather than exclusively for state-sanctioned child minders or nurseries. Again and again, mums reiterated their priorities: they worked to live, not lived to work. And they wanted government policies to help them do just that.

So is this Harperson making a candid admission that she wanted to do more to help but was prevented? Or is it an attempt by Marxists to "capture" a source on the "right" that is gaining traction? Or is Harperson just desperately trying to prop up her political career?

It is flattering when you start to get attention from Marxists - I know because it has happened to me - but as one of the commenters says:

This sounds a lot like a first encounter with O’Brien from Nineteen Eighty-Four.

How To Tell When You've Arrived In British Politics