David Aaronovitch's personal mythology

David Aaronovitch is hard to take at the best of time but his performance tonight on BBC 4, decrying his former 'left-wing' self was particularly risible (if not a little nauseating). Most ridiculou s of all is Aaronovitch's claim to be a stalwart of the left. Those of us who remember Aaronovitch and his Eurocommunist pals in the CP and the YCL know what a joke that was. If there was any group that helped drive the rightward drift of Labour (and the eventual demise of their own organisation) it was this bunch. What's worse is the BBC's determination to indulge Aaronovitch in his posturing and misrepresentation of the left. You may think you moved rightwards David, those of us around at the time knew you were already there.