A low dishonest decade

[altariel]

hardrada posts a link to a very timely response by Simon Jenkins to the latest Blairite vacuity.

Liberalism transcends political partisanship. It is a truly great idea. It is not a surprise that Blair cannot comprehend it.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I know "liberal" is an insult in parts of the USA but it never has been here. The OED has "respectful and accepting of behaviour or opinions other than one's own; open to new ideas; favourable to individual rights and freedoms". If I knew his email I'd write and ask which part of that he objects to.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The House of Parliament website has an alphabetical list of MPs and their email addresses: Blair's email address is listed there, although I don't seem to be able to kickstart the page. Nor can I get the Sedgefield Labour Party site to open. There's a phone number for the Sedgefield constituency office at the bottom of this page though.

[kathyh]

"Vacuity" is so *exactly* the right word. There's nothing more scary than politicians in search of a popular policy. And how I wish Blair had studied history at Oxford as it just might have taught him that knee jerk reactions aren't the answer.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The remark about studying history was very telling.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

Simon Jenkins normally says he hates liberals and do-gooders.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Another benefit of a liberal consensus: it permits grumpiness.