'Is papal endorsement enough torescue Loach’s latest endeavour, Oh, Jeremy Corbyn – The Big Lie, which was recently excluded from the film offerings at Glastonbury?' // Detroit67Book
Thus spake his Holiness the Pope in the Sistine Chapel when he paid homage to the socialist realist filmmaker Ken Loach, at a gathering to celebrate the half-century anniversary of the Vatican’s collection of modern and contemporary art.
What interests me more is that Loach is at ecumenical odds with Starmer who would rather purge his ultra-new Labour Party of left-wing crusties like Loach. Ironically, as Starmer seeks approval from the establishment, there has never been a better time for Labour to rage against a centrepiece of Tory ideology –privatisation. Last week alone there were boundless examples of the failures of private enterprise.
Loach is a past master at illustrating where failed capitalism impacts on ordinary lives. That ability, once a defining feature of the Labour Party, especially in the early years, has withered. They now feel like a party finding peace with failed capitalism, fearing an almighty media backlash if they don’t.
Losing Loach has meant that Labour have also lost a remarkable creative spirit. One of his unique skills was casting ordinary working-class people, often from deprived towns or communities, to star in films that have a clear moral purpose.The career of Martin Compston, who starred in his debut role in Sweet Sixteen set in and around Greenock, is a recent example.
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