Tuesday
Yet again, Dave Cameron shows that far from representing an 'alternative' to Labour, he is as one in his underpinning world view. A vote for Cameron is a vote for "more of the same".
So if you think that the sort of identity politics we have seen for years now is a splendid thing, then a vote for Dave makes perfect sense: you will get a younger energetic leader able to apply the ways of ever expanding regulatory statism more effectively... i.e. an end to the neurotic, sclerotic and thankfully ineffective Brown and a return to the much more effectively imposed Blairite Britain... Tory Blair.
No doubt under Cameron we will see more contracting out of government "services", which Tories will hold up as evidence of their "free market" credentials and Labour will howl about Tory vandalism of th public sector... as if making a government "service" more efficient by changing the organisation details of who gets paid to do it in any way reduces the toxic society destroying purview of the state.
Then again, if you actually want to vote for a conservative, you can always vote UKIP.
Mistaken identity politics, voting is a "quickie",
Rearrangement of deck chairs on the Titanic.
Representing ethnic minorities, when he is one?
We had a local election, here, in the midwaste, with two
candidates, "Cranley" and "Crowley".
They created Hollywood, to make the rest of it seem more real.
Posted by cjf at October 20, 2009 09:24 PM
cjf, on seeing all the line breaks in your post I initially searched it for rhymes and/or meter. Finding none, I concluded that it wasn't, in fact, a poem, so I searched it for meaning. Again I found none. So I decided that it should have been a poem. In an effort to be helpful I present it to you in the form of a series of haikus. (There wasn't enough content to turn it into a sonnet.) It still makes no sense, but now it reads better. You might try this next time.
They are mistaken.
Identity politics;
Voting is "quickie".
How is it helpful
Arranging Titanic chairs?
Minority rep?
Local election
Here in the midwaste, with two.
Pointless waste of time.
Cranley and Crowley.
They created Hollywood
To make it seem real.
Posted by Laird at October 20, 2009 11:27 PM
I shall be voting
For the UKIP peeps next year
Hope springs eternal
Posted by Jez B at October 21, 2009 12:05 PM
"you can always vote UKIP"
Well you can at the moment; NuLab are doing their best to destroy it, via the courts.
Every time you think they can't sink any lower, they do.
Posted by Andrew Duffin at October 21, 2009 12:18 PM
Laird, if this is the kind of thing you are planning for my next birthday, maybe I'll pass...:-)
Posted by Alisa at October 21, 2009 01:06 PM
Alisa, I thought you might say that! Unfortunately, that's about the limit of my poetic skill.
Posted by Laird at October 21, 2009 04:27 PM
Just a Yank wondering here-- I've only ever seen UKIP written (as opposed to ever hearing it spoken), so I'm curious as to how it's pronounced.
Is it you kip ? or oo kip ? or You-Kay-I-Pee ?
Or something I haven't even thought of? :)
Posted by Laura at October 22, 2009 01:49 AM
Laird, in all fairness you were seriously constrained by the source material.
Posted by Alisa at October 22, 2009 10:10 AM
There is no way to convincingly defend Mr Cameron's statement - and I will not try and defend it.
And just in case a certain person (not Mr Cameron), who accused me of supporting Conservtive party policies with which I did not agree, is reading this....
I oppose Mr Cameron's position on this question - and I would be happy to say so to his face.
Other people are interested in various things - I am interested (amongst other things) in local Conservative Assocations having the freedom to choose any Conservative they wish as their candidate. Whether that person is a man or a women and regardless of the colour of that person's skin (or any other "idenity politics" stuff).
My interests and policy positions have not changed - they remain the same as when I joined the Conservative party (many years ago). I was not interested in incest (and God knows what else) then and I am not now - and I supported the Korean War (and World War II) then and I do so now.
Actually it is a certain other person (a person who joined the Conservative party at the same time I did) who has changed his politics.
Posted by Paul Marks at October 22, 2009 02:42 PM
Laura,
I am reminded of being on the Greek island of Paros, years ago and on entering a burger bar heard some music playing. I asked the owner what the name of the group was?
'Ook'.
'Ook?'
'Ook'.
On asking to see the LP he produced a disc by the group UK.
STB.
Posted by ScotsToryB at October 22, 2009 08:52 PM
