Fidel Castro gone

[Burney]

Well, yes, but it was Castro who decreed that the future lay with selling sugar beet to the Soviets at three times its market value and that no other economic activity was legal. Daft *******.

Amazingly, there'S actually a sane article in The Guardian by Zoe Williams on Castro. Mind you, some of the comments are terrifying and are a great example of why the left should never be allowed to get their hands on the levers of power in this country ever again.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...icies-dictator

[Sir C]

Amazingly, there'S actually a sane article in The Guardian by Zoe Williams on Castro. Mind you, some of the comments are terrifying and are a great example of why the left should never be allowed to get their hands on the levers of power in this country ever again.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...icies-dictator

Yes, I almost spilt my tea when I read that.

One wonders how these people will react when Mugabe goes. Maduro? Kim Jong-un?

[Burney]

Yes, I almost spilt my tea when I read that.

One wonders how these people will react when Mugabe goes. Maduro? Kim Jong-un?

I've been having fun pointing out that Pinochet killed, tortured and improsoned fewer people and left behind a stable, prosperous and democratic Chile that is the envy of South America, but gets none of the 'ends justify the means' love