Well done again, Maxine Peake! Not only does she
deliver yet another brilliant, "mind-blowing performance" in Caryl Churchil`s
play, The Skriker, as she did two years ago in the "Masque of Anarchy" about
the Peterloo massacre, she rightly attacks Labour leadership
candidate, Liz Kendall, for her focus on "aspirational middle-class voters"
(Morning Stars, 8th and 11th July,2015). The Blairite nonsense about Labour
losing the election, because of offering inadequate policies to wavering Tory
voters keen on making their first million, needs to be kicked into touch along
with the insufficiently "pro-business" rubbish; Labour must never try to
out-Tory the Conservatives on winning over the CBI. Unsurprisingly,
given Maxine`s socialist principles, like the rest of us she sees Jeremy Corbyn
as "a beacon of hope to get the Labour party back on track". Apparently, when
asked about her views on the TV series, Game of Thrones, her reply was that she
hadn`t seen it, "obviously"; she would never subscribe to a television network
owned by Rupert Murdoch! What a change to have such a talent proud of her
background and political roots.
By the way, Morning Star writers may think
that Maxine rose to fame "portraying working-class life" in Dinner Ladies and
Shameless, but in our house she was already a star for her role in the brilliant
"Early Doors"!
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