A man named John McDonnell wants to be the next leader of the British Labour party. How is he running? This way: He told a trade-union audience that he wished he could “go back to the 1980s and assassinate Thatcher.” The audience responded with a standing ovation. I like very much how The Spectator responded, editorially: “It is a tribute to the Iron Lady that 20 years after she left 10 Downing Street, her socialist opponents still see her as the enemy.” For the complete editorial, go here.
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Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.
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