tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post2429034578874566065..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: Politics and the FlagPeter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-30251140838253611282021-06-21T14:42:39.272+01:002021-06-21T14:42:39.272+01:00BE SMART AND BECOME RICH IN LESS THAN 3DAYS....It ...BE SMART AND BECOME RICH IN LESS THAN 3DAYS....It all depends on how fast <br />you can be to get the new PROGRAMMED blank ATM card that is capable of<br />hacking into any ATM machine,anywhere in the world. I got to know about <br />this BLANK ATM CARD when I was searching for job online about a month <br />ago..It has really changed my life for good and now I can say I'm rich and <br />I can never be poor again. 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That's the simple testimony of how <br />my life changed for good...Love you all ...the email address again is ;<br />atmmachinehackers1@gmail.com micheal panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125801200227490799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-42070034064786396052021-02-11T12:13:11.767+00:002021-02-11T12:13:11.767+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858220428123357111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-44005948067713519602021-02-06T18:31:42.134+00:002021-02-06T18:31:42.134+00:00We're not all that far apart on some aspects o...We're not all that far apart on some aspects of this.I have admitted that, although it was nothing of my doing, I am quite proud of being born British (like winning first prize in the lottery of life life, said Cecil Rhodes), English and Yorkshire. Even though I don't know him and don't watch cricket I'm quite chuffed that Joe Root is captain of England, has won 100 caps and just scored a double century. But I don't take it too seriously. Understatement is the key.<br /><br />Where I think you are wrong is in your view that "the Conservatives don't need to fly Union Jacks because nobody doubts that they are absolutely one hundred-per-cent dyed-in-the-wool patriotic." That is the result of a successful con-trick. They have shamelessly wrapped themselves in the flag for decades and sing Rule Britannia with gusto, but their recent activities, breaking international law, bashing ahead with Brexit regardless of the harm this is doing to our political reputation, cultural opportunities and economic success. They put self-interest for themselves and for their mates first, as the distribution of contracts during the pandemic demonstrates.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-38387963032079521222021-02-04T16:44:45.576+00:002021-02-04T16:44:45.576+00:00I just wish that there were more things around to ...I just wish that there were more things around to make me a proud member of the human race.Severn Boarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542769703676984112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-77620224414096742992021-02-04T14:44:14.158+00:002021-02-04T14:44:14.158+00:00There is not a lot of logic in being proud of some...<i>There is not a lot of logic in being proud of something over which one has no control</i><br /><br />What has logic to do with it? Would you not be proud if your sister was on the team that had invented the coronavirus vaccine? Or if your school team won the cup? You didn't have anything to do with either of those personally, but you'd be odd if you weren't a little proud. Taking pride in the accomplishments of those with which we have a connection may not be logical but is very human.<br /><br />'"…It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing made the order of the day."<br /><br />"Much more rational, my dear Caroline, I dare say, but it would not be near so much like a ball." '<br /><br />As for the Labour Party, their problem is that — in many different ways, big and small, from 'image from Rochester' to, well, everything to do with Jeremy Corbyn, their patriotism is now in question. Understated patriotism is all very well, and certainly I prefer it to the American sort, but it only really works if your love of your country really is beyond question. the Conservatives don't <i>need</i> to fly Union Jacks because nobody doubts that they are absolutely one hundred-per-cent dyed-in-the-wool patriotic. But there are clearly a lot of Labour members and activists for whom the sight of a flag makes them feel at the least queasy. And the public know that. Heck, they were in control of the party until less than a year ago.<br /><br />[Actually it's worse than that: it's not the sight of 'a flag' that makes them queasy, they don't have a problem with flying, say, Palestinian flags.]<br /><br />Which is the real reason why, actually, the 'stick Starmer in front of a flag' strategy is so utterly misguided: people can tell it's not sincere. What's needed is not ostentatious over-the-top displays of visible patriotism, but just something that can be pointed to to communicate to the electorate that Labour has changed, that it's no longer the party of Corbyn, of Thornberry, of Milne.<br /><br />What it needs is to look at the only man to lead Labour to a general election victory since Harold Wilson. He showed the way for Labour to regain the trust of the electorate: you visibly do something which is both a symbolic and a real break wit the past, that deliberately alienates the parts of your base that have themselves alienated the electorate. What Labour needs isn't to wrap itself in the flag: what it needs, and what it won't stands a chance of winning until it engineers, is a 'cultural clause 4' moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com