If you were Nige, how would you respond to Sajid Javid?

Populism is a name given to the opinion that the elites or powerful have become so corrupt/dysfunctional/oppressive/unworthy and they need to be cleared changed out. It is not in itself a theory of social organisation.

It isn't ironic at all, you are just conflating things.

1) Marx's theory of class struggle.
2) The opinion that the elites have become corrupt and unworthy.

You're conflating Marx's vision with 21st capitalism and claiming Marx was right. lol

Capitalism is still the dominant economic system that has evolved throughout the decades and rid itself of the worst aspects that Marx would have witnessed. Improvement on labour standards, child laws, work and safety standards, minimum wage et al. Aren't thanks to Karl Marx like you believe. Lol. That is an evolutionary process that of refining and retuning a system where a balance is found and ongoing.

Nothing about Marxism has come to fruition. There's been no 'destruction' of capitalism but merely an evolution of it. There will still be private property, money, profit and competition. 

The Soviet Union which tested his theory in the real world failed. China, well that is now a hybrid model where capitalism is a key functional component of China's economic success. You seem to be saying that for Marxism to be achieved as per Marx believed, it needed capitalism in the first place to make money and wealth then for that system to eat itself in order for Marxism to achieve its aim? Lol. Not a very good system - sounds more parasitic than systemic. The Soviets tried as best they could with what they had and it utterly and miserably failed, and like I said, China has lurched more and more to capitalism leaving Marx's theory as failed in practice. 

Lol. People like you who thank the EU for the UK's worker's rights even though the UK had those rights before it joined the EU. You talk claptrap. Because capitalism evolves and refines itself where money, private property and competition still reside, you believe improved labour conditions are all thanks to the wittering's of Karl Marx in the 19th century.

Are you really saying that without Marx's vision in the 19th century capitalism could not have evolved to refine itself and produce better working conditions for people in the 21st century - is that what your latest political/social/cultural escapade leads you to believe?

I think you want attention. 

Lol. People like you who thank the EU for the UK's worker's rights even though the UK had those rights before it joined the EU. You talk claptrap. Because capitalism evolves and refines itself where money, private property and competition still reside, you believe improved labour conditions are all thanks to the wittering's of Karl Marx in the 19th century.

Are you really saying that without Marx's vision in the 19th century capitalism could not have evolved to refine itself and produce better working conditions for people in the 21st century - is that what your latest political/social/cultural escapade leads you to believe?

I think you want attention. 

Once again, you simply don't understand the discussion. Darwin had a theory of the evolution of species. His 'witterings' about evolution won't stop evolution. Nor do they mean evolution didn't happen. Similarly, Marx had a theory of evolution of societies. His 'witterings' about evolution won't stop evolution. Nor do they mean evolution didn't happen. The facts identified by Darwin and Marx would hold true even if neither Darwin nor Marx had ever been born. To talk of Marx or Darwin having a 'plan' is just nonsense. They were making empirically verifiable observations, not plans.

This discussion is over your head, Bubbles.

You can always be relied upon to misunderstand, Doc. Marx and Engels said that communism would occur with or without a revolution. They maintained that capitalism would become increasingly more socialist over time, until, eventually, a democratic communist state evolved. Maybe, you can't see that capitalism has become more socialist. Maybe it's not obvious to you that modern day workers have much better lifestyles in late capitalism than was the case in early capitalism. I really don't know. But I don't think it's controversial that capitalism has been on a socialist trajectory since its inception.