"I think the collapse of communism and subsequent slide into the mire of corruption created the global conditions for the likes of Trump, Johnson and Farage to thrive, Jim. I would never subscribe to the type of economy founded behind the iron curtain but maybe the threat of it was enough the keep the excesses of the right in check"

What a peculiar belief system. I would be extremely worried if many shared the same view.

I suppose you think the way the economy ran was rubbish but the political system and the KGB were ace!
How very dangerous, but for someone that denies the gruniard is leftwing
I suppose anything is possible