Shaky left

Joyce McMillan doesn't say what the "shifting tectonic plates of a new political age" may bring (Opinion, 3 July).

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Jul 2010, 16:53 BST

Updated 6th Jul 2010, 00:48 BST

The last time the tectonic plates of European politics shifted, at the beginning of the 20th century, we had dictatorships against the left and by the left.

ELLIS THORPE

Old Chapel Walk

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Joyce McMillan Aberdeenshire