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Thread #157929 Message #3734905
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
02-Sep-15 - 04:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: electing a new labour leader
Subject: RE: BS: electing a new labour leader
Actually by "to the right" i meant in the party but on the right wing of it. English is funny language when it comes to stuff like that.
People always use Genghis Khan as an example of extreme rightwing. I'm not sure if that was particularly true. What distinguished him from the leaders of other nations of the time was his extreme ruthlessness. Wipe out a few sizeable cities entirely as an example of what happens if people don't surrender, and the idea is the others roll over, and it worked. Sort of Harry Truman style.