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Samizdata quote of the day The current U K problem seems to be that despite the growing conflicts there of principles with interests, there is no “grass roots” movement nor electorate concerns that no election party is strong enough to represent principles.
– Redoubtable commenter RRS
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‘Principles’? We don’t need no stinking principles!
Honestly, what would a politician do with principles, except claim to have them to win votes?
We have UKIP.
Well, in a theoretically representative form of government nothing gets better representation than the apathy of the electorate.
An even better line than the original SQOTD!
Come and help make something of libertarianhome.co.uk I can’t speak for the others, but I’m all about principles.
It’s all been rather effectively neutralised.
Which perfectly sums up this part of RRS’ quote:
UKIP is indeed a party of principle. It is also Britain’s only conservative party. And it has not been able to mobilise enough people to gain a single MP in Westminster. That is why, when someone tells me “I am a conservative”, I ask them “Do you support UKIP or Tories?”… and when they say “Tories”… I reply, “Then you are not a conservative”.