tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post6769740319850870957..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: It was bound to happenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-57344212412664051062015-12-09T17:26:01.338+00:002015-12-09T17:26:01.338+00:00P: I think you might mean James?P: I think you might mean James?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-45640644287239765042015-12-09T17:13:29.568+00:002015-12-09T17:13:29.568+00:00Well, the Tea Party is pushing for more war. If I ...Well, the Tea Party is pushing for more war. If I recall Mike's comments today, he considers them to be 'real' conservatives.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-12874171549869628372015-12-08T18:12:25.381+00:002015-12-08T18:12:25.381+00:00Remember that the Conservatives whipped their MPs ...Remember that the Conservatives whipped their MPs on the Syria vote<br /><br />No, the Cameron Neo-Con Tories did. Conservatives are a different people. See OoL's Mike for the difference.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-54511623726230209142015-12-07T15:06:57.778+00:002015-12-07T15:06:57.778+00:00In the US, the conservatives want more war. Partly...In the US, the conservatives want more war. Partly because a lot of their backers supply the weapons, partly since it keeps down unemployment, and mostly because it takes attention away from the erosion of the economy and opportunities for 'regular' people.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-33778606930310332392015-12-06T11:50:02.966+00:002015-12-06T11:50:02.966+00:00Oh I see, Oborne, I keep doing that myself.Oh I see, Oborne, I keep doing that myself.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-29993997317706653542015-12-06T11:47:07.476+00:002015-12-06T11:47:07.476+00:00@AKH:
What's Osborne's alternative histo...@AKH: <br /><br />What's Osborne's alternative history?<br /><br />B and C are explained, I think, by the way that the poltical parties have learned to game the system, making the right noises to sway the swing voters in key seats and also ensuring that the narrative is taken up by the mainstream media. That, and rigging the economy with reckless monetary expansion (and the occasional stroke of good fortune such as North Sea oil). The hope, for them as for the rest of us, is that disaster may be inevitable but we shan't live to see it and they won't live to be hanged for it..Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-81100144807421539202015-12-06T11:27:54.692+00:002015-12-06T11:27:54.692+00:00If Corbyn turns out to be the kind of leader who l...If Corbyn turns out to be the kind of leader who loses elections then Osborne’s alternative history is not a feasible one. In which case we go on to ask how it is that Blair and Cameron are the leaders we ended up with? I’ve not seen a convincing explanation.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com