Introducing a new political blog for 2021
Hello and welcome to a new political blog on this first day of 2021. The aims of this blog are as follows: To articulate a post-Corbyn political strategy for the British (well, mainly the English and Welsh) left following the difficulties of 2019 and 2020. To get my political thoughts away from Facebook, which is a graveyard for serious political discourse IMHO. Occasional interventions on popular culture, media and other topics. (if possible) to have some fun while doing (1), (2) and (3). Other priorities as and when they arise. I was involved in political blogging from 2006 to about 2013 (I'll say more about the old blog in some future posts where relevant) but then drifted into Facebook because of the ease of use and addictiveness of the scrolling news format. It took a few years for me to realise that FB was inimical to rational political discourse, and several more years to get my ass in gear to actually get off the platform. And even now, I haven't left completely. B