My politics is no business of yours even if your assessment is accurate
And is has no relevance to this or any discussion unless you want to take your McCarthyism to it's logical conclusion and demand an oath of allegiance to 'St Margaret' before making a contribution here.   
If my views on humanitarian issues - the basis of my contribution to these threads - are your interpretation of "being a leftie", fair enough.
I've met a number of Lefties down the years - I don't recall many of them being racist bigots, most have been humanitarians and pacifists - many of them were the Jews I talk about who were my friends when I lived in Manchester.
Despite the efforts of Mrs Pinochet, "lefties" have points of view and the right to express them, here on Mudcat and elsewhere - that is, until your lot come banging on the door one night to take those of us who disapprove to take us away, as happened in Maggie's "wonderful example to true democracy", Chile.
Maybe I should reconsider my present political apathy and go and joi something
Jim Carroll