Ok - better than what we could have I guess.
I don't believe for one minute that socilaism is a dead ideology - I meet plenty of people in this country who know in their heart that it is right, and in global terms it's very strong (visit latin America, take the political temperature on the ground).
Maybe the big weakness (and strength) of socialist ideology is its simplicity/ tendency to simplify issues - this makes it an easy target, and I agree with you when you say that for a while it ceased to be attractive to the voters.
And yes, it was a great shame about John Smith.
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