And maintained his principles and respected his heritage, even to his own detriment.
Remembering the great Graham Greene, trailblazing Grammy-winning & Oscar-nominated Canadian First Nations actor and recording artist on his 74th birthday, acclaimed for roles in DANCES WITH WOLVES, THUNDERHEART, DIE HARD WITH A VENEGEANCE, THE GREEN MILE, TRANSAMERICA, NORTHERN EXPOSURE, and more.
And was still 100% better than the previous lot.
For me, he was only the first step in returning the UK to democratic socialism. He halted the death spiral of fascism.
There's still a long way to go. Burnham is another step, but not the final product.
Anyone seen the Pure Cold Rage from Farage yet?
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I wonder how many of us would be as composed as Iran has been at a World Cup where theyโve been treated badly every step of the way.
Bugger off.
He has been a massive upgrade on the previous corrupt and destructive governments.
He has deep flaws, and I am radically opposed to some of his policies, but he has started the process and we now need to build on it.
For a while, when he was Labour leader, Miliband threatened to smash up Murdoch's media empire, just in case you are wondering why the Murdoch's papers are worried about him.
This sums up the immigration debate neatly in a way you won't hear it spelled out in the British media. A media which seems to have given up on any commitment to educate many years ago.
The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning.
Two tier journalism