Quote of the Day

From Henry McDonald's "Gunsmoke and Mirrors":

"From Ireland they have learnt a valuable lesson: just because a movement which is principally nationalist and by its actions at least latently sectarian wraps itself up in the trendy garb of 'anti-imperialism', that doesn't necessarily make it progressive."

The "they" in question being the British Left. And no, I don't think they have learnt that particuliar lesson either but McDonald's observation about certain nationalist "movements" throughout the world is nevertheless a true one.