Morning all, a few thoughts.
I try to frame my thoughts without recourse to political dogma, this might well make me 'inconsistent' and often at odds with political theory. For once I did not bring Marxism into the discussion, but it is telling how quickly it cropped up when terrorism is being discussed.
I did not say that Corbyn was a terrorist but that he gives succour and support to those who are. There is ample evidence of this, I gave a handful of examples, there are many more.
Political standards in the UK are, in my view, at an all time low but Johnson has given two of the three great offices of state to ethnic Indians, that is real. You call it tokenism if you like but would you have called 'racist' had he named only white people to all the top jobs.
'Irregular warfare' is now the norm, it is all about propaganda and optics. Most major countries have the firepower to destroy virtually any dissident political group and their supporters but the cost, the political cost, is too high. The result is that violent dissent has become the best means to bend the authorities to your will, it is most definitely working and will I think only get worse.