Comments on: Die Harder http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/05/16/die-harder/ crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: neil Craig http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/05/16/die-harder/#comment-2677 neil Craig Wed, 17 May 2006 10:33:32 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/05/16/die-harder/#comment-2677 It is allegedly the case that it was Bliar personally who insisted that his last nuclear review described nuclear as an "unattractive option". Since we are facing blackouts even though 5% of UK electricity come from French reactors I would say that it is his previous opinions not his current ones which were "ridiculous". It is allegedly the case that it was Bliar personally who insisted that his last nuclear review described nuclear as an “unattractive option”. Since we are facing blackouts even though 5% of UK electricity come from French reactors I would say that it is his previous opinions not his current ones which were “ridiculous”.

]]> By: Alex Wilcock http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/05/16/die-harder/#comment-2675 Alex Wilcock Wed, 17 May 2006 07:43:34 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/05/16/die-harder/#comment-2675 Excellent characterisation. I can’t quite work out if ‘late period Mr Blair’ is more reminiscent of ‘late period Mrs Thatcher’ or the doomed reign of Mr Major… Mr Major had to come up with loony macho policies far further to the right than Mrs Thatcher had implemented because no-one in his party ever believed he was a proper, tough Thatcherite like her; Mrs Thatcher came up with loonier macho hard right policies towards the end because, well, the general view is that she was going slightly mad. Excellent characterisation.

I can’t quite work out if ‘late period Mr Blair’ is more reminiscent of ‘late period Mrs Thatcher’ or the doomed reign of Mr Major… Mr Major had to come up with loony macho policies far further to the right than Mrs Thatcher had implemented because no-one in his party ever believed he was a proper, tough Thatcherite like her; Mrs Thatcher came up with loonier macho hard right policies towards the end because, well, the general view is that she was going slightly mad.

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