Generation of Burkes

You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage

You might remember that quote from 'Aliens'. The sci-fi horror film starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, with Paul Reiser in the role of Carter Burke, the archetypal yuppie slime ball of the 22nd Century (or whenever). At that point in the film Ripley has Burke pegged as a scum bag of the lowest order. He's prepared to sacrifice the whole crew of the ship (and jeopardise the safety of the human race) in order to smuggle an 'alien' back to Earth in the bodies of the crew for the weapons industry.

Examine the Labour cabinet and it's not too difficult to imagine that the character of Burke reached a sympathetic audience in people like Brown, Mandelson, Harman, Straw and the Millibands. All are shallow, incompetent, self serving scum who put their own interests ahead of the national interest. All are happy to see the UK trashed by immigration from the third world in order to secure future votes. All are happy to sell the UK out to their undemocratic antipatriot collaborators in the EU. All are happy to see the UK bankrupted, and all are prepared to lie through their teeth in order that the destruction that they wreak on the UK should continue uninterrupted.