tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post7078631200306485546..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Is it worth a shot?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-29791510129060835732009-05-03T12:59:00.000+01:002009-05-03T12:59:00.000+01:00Denis Healey served in the forces in WWII, fightin...Denis Healey served in the forces in WWII, fighting in the Italian campaign, and at the Anzio landings, winning the Military Cross. I think he was qualified to serve as an MP.<br /> Clement Atlee served in WWI at Gallipoli, and was one of the last men to be evacuated. He was wounded in Iraq, and served on the Western Front for the last few months of the war. I think that qualifies him to serve as an MP as well.<br />I'm sure there are lots of old Labour MPs who wheren't hands-on working men, but my point was that if you had to have work experience before becoming an MP, it would neccessarily discriminate against people from the Left.sobersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-87841886238553293312009-05-02T16:20:00.000+01:002009-05-02T16:20:00.000+01:00dearieme is right. Tony Benn in that list along wi...dearieme is right. Tony Benn in that list along with Denis Healey (in fact you could write a long list). <br /><br />Government will always be Government. A waste of societies resources. We just need to keep it as small as possible.Phill Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427896363273348083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-87970993001790057772009-05-01T17:13:00.000+01:002009-05-01T17:13:00.000+01:00"all the old Labour politicians were working men":..."all the old Labour politicians were working men": yeah, good old Attlee. Or Wilson. Or.....deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-60668921595451824542009-05-01T13:56:00.000+01:002009-05-01T13:56:00.000+01:00Anon - they want to diminish the peerage just beca...Anon - they want to diminish the peerage just because they don't like it, which is no good reason. There are arguments to be made on both sides - stability versus the entrenched powers, for example.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-9165111752921684262009-05-01T10:11:00.000+01:002009-05-01T10:11:00.000+01:00Agree with the overall sentiment but not clear wha...Agree with the overall sentiment but not clear what the problem is with diminishing the peerage. The faster they diminish, the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-45123103567084160972009-05-01T09:44:00.000+01:002009-05-01T09:44:00.000+01:00Absolutely, I am of the opinion that no person sho...Absolutely, I am of the opinion that no person should be able to be a politician before the age of 40, and must have had paid employment in a private business for at least 10 years before that. <br /><br />No more career politicians who flit from university to think tank, to political advisor, to local govt council (on expenses natch) to safe parliamentary seat. <br /><br />This is in no way discriminatory to the left - all the old Labour politicians were working men - dockers, train drivers, miners, factory workers. Modern politicians of both hues have no life experience of work and industry from either side of the labour/capital divide.<br /><br />Politics should be something that you do after you have had a career of sorts, and raised a family. A way of putting something back into society. Not a career in its own right.sobersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-33865180466742578682009-05-01T07:11:00.000+01:002009-05-01T07:11:00.000+01:00Excellent point about our multi-skilled and experi...Excellent point about our multi-skilled and experienced forefathers, P.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.com