A blast from the Callaghanite past. A reader writes......

This was sent to me by an old comrade, name of Charlie Wood..................

"Hi Dave, we last met at the CP students caucus at the NUS conference in 1979. I recollect you sat cross legged on the table half asleep whilst Sally Hibbin went through the amendments in her role as student organiser, it seems like another world does'nt it??. I would be delighted if you would permit your many readers to read my blog 'An Unrepentant Communist'
http://unrepentantcommunist.blogspot.com/ which shows that at least one of us in that room has not altered their views as much as you have, (which of course is no claim to being right !!). Nevetheless I still would like to keep an old fashioned CP -type flag flying in the blogosphere and perhaps a post on your blog may help.."

And here it is.

Comments

[sean]

My lord! A communist who seems quite well-disposed to someone who left the flock! I didn't know such communists existed!!!

[charlie woods]

Dear Dave many thanks for that help, ny blog has had a surge of activity, perhaps if you could post the web address of my sex life the same might happen? You can now forget about that pint you owed me, since I suppose I now owe you a few...Keep well you old revisionist...Charlie

[Cormac O'Hara]

And predictably there are two obituaries for deceased comrades on the front page of the weblog. But it is interesting and I have added it to my bookmarks.