Labour must not allow itself to be painted as the haters of Britain. It has always championed the truly patriotic tradition of standing up against injusticeThe left hate their own country: thats been a slander of the moral ever since the nation state became a thing. The haters of tradition; the exponents of the idea that everything is incorrect about the country and nothing moral; the servants and apologists of foreign powers; you accumulate the gist. The current status quo and Britain are treated as synonymous. That’s why the Daily Mail went for Ralph Miliband – a Jewish refugee who joined Britain’s armed forces to fight Nazi Germany – as “the man who hated Britain”. He objected to institutions they liked,like the monarchy, you see; never intellect the fact the Daily Mail seems to hate so much about Britain, or from the NHS to the BBC to women they disapprove of (which is a lot of them). Related: Cameron accuses Corbyn of 'Britain-hating ideology' in conference speech Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com