Andalucia Steve

...living the dream

In Defence of Donald Trump

Are things quite as they seem?
In Defence of Donald Trump
Sorry for the click-bait title, but hey, this is the age of new media and you've gotta work the system, right? I loathe Trump, and pretty much anyone else who thinks dripping themselves in gold is a good look. However, I saw the recent meeting where he and Vance ambushed Zelenskyy, and my 'take' on what went down seems very different from most commentators on the left. I thought I'd share my opinion and take the brickbats as they come. Trump is a performative president. What you see isn't ... read more
 

The Jewish Question

I was triggered this week. Here's why
The Jewish Question
So it came to pass I was on Facebook this week and a post came up that caught my eye. A friend of mine, someone I knew in real life, had posted a comment on a group that I'm not a member of, claiming the political left had a long history of anti-Semitism. The comment he made was in response to the daubing of anti-Semitic graffiti on a synagogue in North London on Hanukkah. The post read: Anti-semitism has long standing roots on the Left - read Marx on 'The Jewish Question' - and please... read more