tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post8295520408951142484..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: "Sorry: we got it wrong!" (The Tories)Peter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-26267936674770921902021-09-08T08:56:45.214+01:002021-09-08T08:56:45.214+01:00I am all that much satisfied with the substance yo...I am all that much satisfied with the substance you have specified. I needed to thank you for this extraordinary article. <a href="https://itsimpli.com/managed-service-provider-in-wisconsin/" rel="nofollow">small business it support Wisconsin</a><br />laimconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443327551968948838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-59353431194984078922016-10-08T15:41:42.652+01:002016-10-08T15:41:42.652+01:00Indeed, anyone who has regularly followed this blo...Indeed, anyone who has regularly followed this blog over the past 6 years would testify to Peter's consistency as a trenchant and acute critic of the economic policies of the Coalition and the Tories from Day One. Unfortunately it has taken five years too long for others to catch up. Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106307451408203689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-33397491678480681062016-10-06T17:03:23.001+01:002016-10-06T17:03:23.001+01:00Thanks for your comment, David. You are absolutel...Thanks for your comment, David. You are absolutely right in your analysis of our complicity in these counter-productive policies, not least in relation to the part played by Danny Alexander, who seemed even more enthusiastic about cutting than the Tories.<br /><br /> However, I plead a determined "not guilty" to your accusation that I am "5 years too late." <br /><br />I started this blog just before the 2010 election and have been consistent in condemning the economic policies of the Coalition. To give just one example, here's an extract from an open letter I sent to Simon Hughes and published on the blog on 26th June 2010:<br /><br />"I’m strongly of the opinion that the Liberal Democrat Party, heir to the party of Keynes and Beveridge, should be opposing the current policy of immediate deficit reduction. I understand that we are the junior partner in the coalition and cannot impose our views on the major partner. However, we needn’t be heard supporting them in public. After all, it is part of the coalition deal that there should be reform of the electoral system, but David Cameron has reserved the right to campaign against that. If Liberal Democrats in government are not, under the terms of the coalition, similarly able to campaign openly against these economic follies, then they should be doing so privately. But there is little evidence of this, in fact the opposite. Both Nick Clegg and Vince Cable claim to have been converted to the necessity of immediate cuts. I feel that this has damaged our credibility and perhaps our integrity as well."<br /><br />If you have the time and patience you can trawl through the six years of posts and find more examples. Unfortunately these, and letters to Ad Lib and letters and an article in Liberator, fell on deaf ears.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-40322548941335881512016-10-06T16:01:29.453+01:002016-10-06T16:01:29.453+01:00While this is all true, and I don't believe th...While this is all true, and I don't believe that what Theresa May has said is anything more than an attempt to smooth talk the electorate by pretending that what happened between 20010 and 2015 was nothing to do with her, what is also true is that we were also in government from 2010 to 2015 and Danny Alexander went so native, he was George Osborne's biggest cheerleader. Nick described it as "grown up government," and fought against any change of direction. You were equally adamant that any indication of contrition or change would be a disaster. As a result we are now in the position where we are back to where we were 50 years ago with MPs in single figures one MEP, one AM and we are leaving the EU. Councillors are doing a bit better and may lead an eventual recovery, but boundary reviews could cost us another 4 MPs in 2020 and if it does we will be toast as a parliamentary force. <br /><br />So sorry, but your moaning about the Conservatives is approximately 5 years too late.David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616555999475880783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-45149764120899237552016-10-06T15:06:18.741+01:002016-10-06T15:06:18.741+01:00Of course if May were to hold a general election r...Of course if May were to hold a general election right now, she would win in a landslide and utterly annihilate the Labour Party in England (they might cling onto a few seats in Wales). Then she'd be in charge with an even greater majority than her current one. <br /><br />So, you know, if you dislike May's government, be careful what you wish for…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-59011898733160791702016-10-06T14:01:36.907+01:002016-10-06T14:01:36.907+01:00Yes, the new May administration is cunningly portr...Yes, the new May administration is cunningly portraying itself as a whole new, different government, swept in by a "popular", "landslide" (52-48, of course) Brexit vote. (Who needs general elections?)Severn Boarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542769703676984112noreply@blogger.com