Ninety-six million people were murdered in the name of Marxism, some shot into pits, some starved as deliberate state policy, some arrested in the night and tortured to death. No other ideology comes close to being so lethal.
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by @OwenJones84 view original on Twitter
We are beyond the realm of reason here. Nothing - literally nothing - will convince Marxists that there is something wrong with their theory. #Marx200
This would once have barred a politician from high office.
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by @georgeeaton view original on Twitter
Most British Trotskyists at least pretend to have moved on before becoming BBC editors, Labour MPs or heads of Oxbridge colleges.
Extraordinary how many people on Twitter think that it's clever to say "So how many people has capitalism killed, then, eh, eh?" Capitalism has done more to reduce mortality rates than any other system yet tried.
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Today, Theresa May went as far as any British leader could go to accommodate Brussels, offering money, acceptance of EU regulations and other one-sided concessions. She was rebuffed and trolled online by Donald Tusk - and some UK Remainers cheered. Now watch Leave support harden.
A small thing, perhaps, but using a picture of cake to insult a diabetic struck me as unkind as well as uncouth, undignified and ungallant.
Absurd propaganda about how the EU must “stick to its rules” over Brexit. When does it ever “stick to its rules”? Over the deficits? The bailouts? The reruns of referendums it doesn’t like? The Selmayr appointment? 1/2..