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‘Not a voice has been raised by our political classes about the cleansing of Christian communities in the Middle East’
Responding to the unanimous and pretty excited condemnation of Donald J Trump by all but one (Davidson) of Scotland’s Party leaders, in the Herald today, Kevin McKenna points correctly to their more than disappointing lack of consistency. The above reference is to events which are far more horrific, abhorrent, than anything Trump has even suggested and I certainly haven’t heard any Scottish political leader call them so. Usefully, he points out that Hungary has already built a wall, to keep refugees out. Trump is unlikely to be able to even extend the fence much, to keep out economic migrants. Needless to say, the enthusiasm of all our leaders for links with China, despite its human rights record, yet at the same time, being shocked by Trump’s personal behaviour, beggars belief.
So, for the first time in a very long time I agree with Kevin McKenna. Given the dramatic nature of this event, for me only I know, I shouldn’t be too grudging but…
As always, he has to get a bit in about the rights of parents to indoctrinate their weanbairns in faith-based schools. The rights of the weanbairns themselves, seem to matter little, in this. However, the main weakness in his piece is the omission of the reasons to prefer Trump over Clinton. As Mae West might have said, ‘Choosing between two evils, I always take the one I haven’t tried before.’
I won’t reprise all my reasons for really, really, not wanting Hillary here. You can find them at:
Talking-up Scotland 
Extended reading on the Clinton thing: http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/10/establishment-liberalism-a-curse-on-democracy/
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It was Clinton’s greed for power that drove Bernie Sanders out by corrupt means. By refusing to allow a fair competition between herself and Sanders America now has Trump and the world now faces the prospect of extreme right wing governments coming to power All this a result of Clintons’s thirst for power at any costs.
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Yes and looks like he would have beaten Trump. Who says socialists are not electable? I’d assumed he was blameless but I spotted this recently. Haven’t read it:
https://store.counterpunch.org/product/bernie-the-sandernistas/
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