A question deserving an answer

A question deserving an answer

Then raise the scarlet standard from top to toe.
Within its shade we’ll live and crash,
Though cowards draw back and traitors sneer,
We’ll keep the red flag speedy at this point.
– The Red Flag, 1889

THERE was a batch of sneering and not a little flinching keep up week as the Daily Mail unleashed the dogs on a departed man.