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Why The Expulsion Of The Greatest Briton Alive From The Labour Party Shows How Out Of Touch The Leadership is.
The sooner Keir Starmer is overthrown from the Labour party leadership, the better.
Ken Loach is to my mind the greatest Briton alive. And I do not use these words lightly. Anyone who knows about anything about Britain’s most compelling film maker will appreciate exactly why I write this statement.
More than anyone else, Mr. Loach has directed several provocatively powerful films, which have exposed the profound social economic divisions at the heart of British society, in the post war era.
In “ Cathy Come Home”, we are treated to a gut wrenching portrayal of a couple’s descent to homelessness, when the husband suddenly loses his job. So powerful was the depiction of destitution, that it became a matter of public policy for the government of the day and it is a subject that remains relevant today.
The film that had the greatest impact on me was the one titled: “ Save the Children” Which was commissioned by the eponymous charity in 1971. Ken Loach’s excoriation of the children’s charity activities in Kenya and Manchester led to the film being destroyed, save for one copy, which did not see the light of day until 2011.
In this previously banned documentary (save the children), we see the paternalism of the charity officials, firsthand, in their treatment of poor working class kids from Manchester and even worse, the racist brain washing activities of young Kenyans in their care. Then as a coup de grace, Loach interviews the young Ngugi Wa’ Thiongo, who gives the audience a masterclass in western corruption and hypocrisy.
His most recent work, I, Daniel Blake was another devastatingly searing critique of the Conservative party in the age of austerity. For his efforts, Ken Loach’s film was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes film festival.
In the tweet below, Mr. Loach had the following to say about Britain’s demonization of…
