The man who did more than most to pull this nation together after WW2 and gave us something that, despite all it's faults, is responsible for more good than almost anything else governments have done for the people was branded a left-wing firebrand and watched by the secret service. These days saying you want some social good means you're a 'fair left extremist' yet pointing out the parallels to the 30s is considered crass. Fuck em. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3n049jr2ge5o