Left-right divide
Sir, Colin Durham (28 Aug) pours yet more scorn on Alan Storkey’s article “The dishonest election”. I have already written that I thought it was a good article.
I am at a loss to follow why so many correspondents assume he is as politically devious as Cameron and Miliband and is a staunch member of the Labour party.
I assume Alan turned on the Conser vatives, not because he might be Labour, but because they were so much better at the hype and misrepresentation.
This is also where this year’s election was dishonest. It was cleverly turned into a two-horse race with one horse shown to be a poor copy of the other. It is not about real politics but about gimmicks, sound bites and personalities. I find Jeremy Corbyn too leftwing but he is spot on when he points out that he is the only leadership contender talking about policy and not concentrating on personalities.
Actually I think Mr Durham ably supports Mr Storkey’s view… this is that the election was simply a portrayal of Labour versus that of Conser vative. Thus he comes up with the illogical conclusion that since Alan calls the Conser vative campaign dishonest he must be a Labour supporter.
It is just not true that ever yone is either Labour or Tor y. Cameron’s message was it was either him or Labour, which is ver y much what Colin Durhan seems to be practising, and indulging in the same cult of
personalities Alan is railing against. As such he does not engage with the fullness of Mr Storkey’s arguments.
It seems the electorate pays as little attention to policy as people do to theology. Some claim that if what we say is true 90 per cent of the world is going to Hell and since they do not like the idea reject the gospel. This has nothing to do with the reality of Jesus Christ.
Colin Durham’s appeal to George Orwell is reminiscent of our gay marriage proponent correspondents’ appeal to Genesis 3.
It is a pity that more of the Church does not concentrate more on solid doctrine than soundbites. It will not get anywhere with smooth political correctness: it needs to preach Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Colin Bricher,
Northampton