In domestic terms, of course, its just the third hogwash, a third mishmash of
the ruins left and right, as left behind after Thatcher\'s rampage in the 80\'s.

But on the INTERNATIONAL arena, it does have a significance...... 
                           In 1989 - 91, the world power carve up, dominated by two \'superpowers\',[
                           the USA and USSR, with a little bit left for the others, such as Britain and
                           China,] crumbled. 
                           Russia has slipped in the league of military imperialism, the USA hasnt
                           appreciably expanded, and nor has China. 
                           So what has happened to the remainder, for neither matter nor political power
                           vanishes into nothingness ? The NATO war of 1999 gave us the clue :
                           Britain is reasserting itself as an independent imperial power, through the
                           existing outlet of the \'Commonwealth\', [sic, an outrageous theft of a 16th
                           century word for socialism !]. 
                           When NATO troops were poised to enter Pristina, Britain effectively broke its
                           alliance with the USA and allowed Russia to enter first, a clear throwback to
                           the days of the PALMERSTON regime [mid 19th century]. In Sierra Leone,
                           Britain sent in troops completely outside of UN control, to \'get the diamonds\'
                           as C.Short so delicately put it. This is, ultimately, what makes Blair both the
                           successor and neologiser to Thatcher; if you live in London, you will notice
                           the new atmosphere in the air since 1999... The conceited City and Whitehall
                           types KNOW what has happened, and have a discernible swagger in their
                           gait. 
                           Leftists must be on their guard against this new tendency. Too much of the
                           Labourite left have failed to understand the nature of Britain\'s secondary
                           imperialism after 1945, and may not even notice that it is gaining a freer hand
                           all the time. 


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                           Hence the reluctance to join the Euro currency 
                           by Mr Ayouze 8:43am Tue Aug 15 \'00 


                           Britain will not commit itself to the Euro unless/until it can do so on its own
                           terms, which means to exert control in favor of its other spheres of influence.
                           At the same time as Blair was pushing NATO into a full onslaught in Kosovo
                           [risking a world war with China], Neil \'Bash the Trotskyists\' Kinnock had
                           already begun HIS onslaught on the European Commission. This is often
                           overlooked, although he is still meeting a bit of resistance. 
                           Leftists must oppose the imperialism of their OWN countries in the first place.
                           Do not fall for the fiction that Britain is a little island full of redoubtable fighters
                           for freedom. For every spirit of DUNKIRK, there is a spirit of the CHANNEL
                           ISLANDS. 
                           The biggest defeat for the British working class was the defeat of Napoleon;
                           from this point comes an unconditional class alliance between workers and
                           rulers for imperialist foreign policy. Labour, no matter what prefix you care to
                           attatch to it, whether \'New\', \'Ken\', \'NHS\', \'Fabian\', &c &c, is the left wing of
                           imperialism. 

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