Elections were held last week in Britain and France: John Laughland was interviewed by the former MP, Lembit Öpik, on TNT radio, to comment on both. John said that he thought Starmer would be even worse than Sunak and that his role in the Labour Party is to extinguish what is left of Corbynism – i.e. any scepticism about US foreign policy and Britain’s unconditional support for it and for NATO.
They also discussed the French elections, in the week between the first and second rounds. John correctly predicted what has now indeed taken place, namely that the Macronite centre has collaborated with the various left-wing parties to put the Rassemblement national – which won in the first round – into third place. For decades now, the supposed danger of the extreme right has been used to maintain the establishment’s grip on power. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
