A rightwing Jon Cruddas?
Olly Deed of LabourList describes me as a rightwing Jon Cruddas in an interview about the impact of the internet on politics and government.
I think it's meant as a compliment - to me, but not perhaps Mr Cruddas.
I met Olly after speaking at a Fabian conference, and he has some interesting insights on the subject himself.
I really do wonder how it is that the British Left, which once stood for the dispersal of power and against remote elites, has ended up on the side of remote officials, quangos, human rights lawyers and Eurocrats. Not exactly true to the spirit of the Levellers or the Chartists, is it?
