Comments on: Dave the Leviathan http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/06/26/dave-the-leviathan/ “ferocity with a purpose” Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Antony http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/06/26/dave-the-leviathan/comment-page-1/#comment-7621 Antony Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:50:35 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/06/26/dave-the-leviathan/#comment-7621 Yes it's undoubtedly a way of saying to the right that he will scrap the HRA and make them expect a wish list. Politically, there's finite value in attacking him for that- it's what his targetg audience want to hear. The politically stinging response is to point out that once again he is telling us what he is against without any really specific idea of the content of what he will replace it. That's fundamentally dangerous. I don't intend to be histrionic if I pray in aid that it was the fascist political tactic to be against everything unpopular and then give a lot of people a very nasty surprise as to what they got instead. It's just like Blair and I wonder if "just like Blair" is the slogan we should repeat to the electorate whenever we find Cameron's name is mentioned? (Based on a point you made to me the other day, James). Yes it’s undoubtedly a way of saying to the right that he will scrap the HRA and make them expect a wish list. Politically, there’s finite value in attacking him for that- it’s what his targetg audience want to hear.

The politically stinging response is to point out that once again he is telling us what he is against without any really specific idea of the content of what he will replace it. That’s fundamentally dangerous. I don’t intend to be histrionic if I pray in aid that it was the fascist political tactic to be against everything unpopular and then give a lot of people a very nasty surprise as to what they got instead.

It’s just like Blair and I wonder if “just like Blair” is the slogan we should repeat to the electorate whenever we find Cameron’s name is mentioned? (Based on a point you made to me the other day, James).

]]> By: Richard Gadsden http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/06/26/dave-the-leviathan/comment-page-1/#comment-7609 Richard Gadsden Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:41:35 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/06/26/dave-the-leviathan/#comment-7609 Of course the 1689 Bill of Rights was passed by Whigs in the bitter opposition of the Tory Party of the day, demonstrating that the Tories don't actually know what a principle is if it came and punched them in the face. Of course the 1689 Bill of Rights was passed by Whigs in the bitter opposition of the Tory Party of the day, demonstrating that the Tories don’t actually know what a principle is if it came and punched them in the face.

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