tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post719639964259887735..comments2023-10-25T12:49:50.074+01:00Comments on The Old Socialist Unity Blog - we have moved: SWP vindicated in Scotland???ANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901425044840795347noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post-6111220229629675262007-05-10T16:59:00.000+01:002007-05-10T16:59:00.000+01:00The simple truth is that had it acted on principle...The simple truth is that had it acted on principle the SWP should never have had anything to do with the SP or Sheridan. Sad to see a bloody good historian abase himself in this way.neprimerimyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016300366294292841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post-80884649055318413232007-05-10T14:48:00.000+01:002007-05-10T14:48:00.000+01:00To be fair, while I agree with your points, I don'...To be fair, while I agree with your points, I don't think that the fault of Sheridan and co is that they walked out of the SSP, but that they caused the split in the first place.<BR/><BR/>After good comrades who had committed their lives to the SSP were accused of conspiracy, grassing and... sorcery, it is hard to imagine how disciplinary action (which, given the magnitude of the transgressions, would have necessarily resulted in expulsions) could have been avoided.Korakioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593180610210015493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post-89139229959664792442007-05-10T11:05:00.000+01:002007-05-10T11:05:00.000+01:00Yeah, but the Labour party's big and broad enough...Yeah, but the Labour party's big and broad enough for sworn enemies to avoid each other.<BR/> But small lefty parties are a diffrent thing altogether.Faction fights get bitter and nasty and blown out of all proportion very quickly.There'd have been a very damaging split eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post-16876290102183288342007-05-10T10:33:00.000+01:002007-05-10T10:33:00.000+01:00That would have been a challenge for him Rob, but ...That would have been a challenge for him Rob, but not impossible. After all how much collaborative work do professional politicians actually do? i shouldn't think Hazel Blears and Jeremy Corbyn spend a lot of time together for example.<BR/><BR/>Many people have little control over who they work with, and Sheridan could have plowed his own furrow. There was insufficient political rastioanle for Sheridan and the SWP/CWI to split, and "I have to go becasue they won't play with me", is hardly enough.ANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901425044840795347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post-40434957326286312002007-05-10T10:13:00.000+01:002007-05-10T10:13:00.000+01:00But how could Sheridan have stayed in the SSP when...But how could Sheridan have stayed in the SSP when Curran,Leckie and Kane refused to work with him?<BR/> Anyway the whole thing is a bloody and horrible mess.<BR/> If I was living in Scotland I'd have been tempted to sod the SSP and Solidarity and vote Labour(with gritted teeth of course)because it still has some connection with the working class which is more than you can say for the SNP .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com