"The liberals who say I have deserted the left should ask themselves where they stand on Islamism"

Cohen in the Observer

oh dear...

'I'm sure that any halfway competent political philosopher could rip the assumptions of modern middle-class left-wingery apart'

but he doesn't... just brings out the same tired arguments that are reworked endlessly by pro-war rightwing comentators. bland asumptions levelled at a vague and perenial left that i've yet to meet...