It's all about the epitaph
Roy Hattersley
Monday May 8, 2006
...Because of the damage that it will do to the Labour party, I still regret the bloodletting that lies ahead. But Blair has made it inevitable.
There was a time when the prime minister believed in something. His vision of the good society was one which I did not share. But I accepted that he wanted more than power alone. Now he believes in nothing except hanging on, in the hope of regaining some of his lost reputation. Not even the present Labour party will tolerate that for long.
“Your determination to rely on yourselves”, Lenin finally replied, “is very important. Every man must rely on himself. Yet he should also listen to what informed people have to say. I don't know how radical you are, or how radical I am. I am certainly not radical enough. One can never be radical enough; that is, one must always try to be as radical as reality itself.”
Radical as Reality Itself
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