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15 years ago @ http://www.oldholborn.... - the Children · 0 replies · +2 points

The Fabians are a bit like the Young Conservatives. The Young Fabians are exactly like the Young Conservatives.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Person the barricades! · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm quite surprised this comment hasn't been allowed:

'Yes, you are right, Tom, they should have listened when Labour told them not to trust the LibDems.'

The students had already learned not to trust Labour. Why would they have listened? It's ironic (or maybe inevitable) that when there are good reasons to view the Lib-Dems as shallow opportunists, they're criticised for facing the uncomfortable truth.

The students aren't campaigning against a ConDem coalition, the students are campaiging against the inevitable.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Person the barricades! · 0 replies · +1 points

'Yes, you are right, Tom, they should have listened when Labour told them not to trust the LibDems.'

The students had already learned not to trust Labour. Why would they have listened? It's ironic (or maybe inevitable) that when there are good reasons to view the Lib-Dems as shallow opportunists, they're criticised for facing the uncomfortable truth.

The students aren't campaigning against a ConDem coalition, the students are campaiging aganist the inevitable.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Person the barricades! · 0 replies · +1 points

OK, not lauded by Garth Ennis, but Warren Ellis. Is it forgivable to get the authors of 'Preacher' and 'The Authority' mixed up?

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Person the barricades! · 0 replies · +3 points

Would it be in appropriate to suggest that Ms Penny get a boyfriend, or perhaps buy a cream cake or something?
Well, yes. Penny Red bats for the other team. But she quotes Billy Bragg songs and is lauded by Garth Ennis. How can you not love her?

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Believe me, I'm just a... · 0 replies · +1 points

Unless one approaches this quiz as a complete political naif, the results are loaded according one's view of one's politics, Tom's surprise notwithstanding. It's probably not quite as obvious as those a/b/c quizzes that are (were?) so beloved of women's mags, but that doesn't help either. If you don't really understand the question, how can you be sure you gave an answer that accurately reflects your view?

I wonder how Melanie Philips would score on this? Rightwing, I suppose, but only because the quizmakers had moved to the left...

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Behold! The perfect ar... · 0 replies · +1 points

Slight correction; 'murderers, rapists, paedophiles' (though not necessarily 'all of them') already have the vote, as long as they haven't been caught, convicted and sent to prison. Even being caught, it seems, is not necessarily a bar, and neither is being an ex-con, though, again, not necessarily an ex-offender, past tense.

Someone has decided that people languishing in prison are not to fit to cast a vote. Why, they might vote for a criminal party, and then where would we be?

15 years ago @ And another thing... - No room for fudge in t... · 0 replies · +1 points

There's always room for fudge!

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Iraq rears its head again · 0 replies · +3 points

That 'argument', that some people would oppose an invasion regardless of whatever justifications were offered, was used by Blair as an excuse to side-step the UN Security Council. It's a logical fallacy, not to say cop-out, to say that the dogmatism of *some* people justifies ignoring everyone else.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - All political careers ... · 0 replies · 0 points

If you've got a bit of time on your hands, Tom, you could give this a go. They don't seem to have any Labour MPs on the panel*, and I know you have some interest in climate change. Or perhaps you can encourage someone else from your party to contribute..?

http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/climatechange...

*possibly because everyone was pre-occupied with the leadership contest and cabinet elections, but that isn't the case now.

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