tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post3268093837686539471..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Could Milburn come backPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-81251089084251573672007-12-23T17:13:00.000+00:002007-12-23T17:13:00.000+00:00The thing is, Milburn as a cabinet minister flouri...The thing is, Milburn as a cabinet minister flourished like so many others because he was prepared to dance to whichever tune Tony whistled. He's a lightweight or at least didn't seem to do much to dispel that image. Sure he's *written* about social mobility but words are cheap.<BR/><BR/>That he should be touted as a possible social inequality czar is some kind of twisted joke. As soon as he Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593534266833848968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-32803593526369962542007-12-23T01:43:00.000+00:002007-12-23T01:43:00.000+00:00This is the guy who helped the Aussie Labourites w...This is the guy who helped the Aussie Labourites win the trust of the business community with a New Labour gloss, right?<BR/><BR/>So. I am sceptical that he gives a shit about working class people. He's opportunistic - Trotskyism, then, neoliberal capitalism now - but I doubt he would convince as some kind of anti-poverty campaigner.<BR/><BR/>No, I think that the Milburn Tendency (him and CharlieCharlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-90497738881707531202007-12-22T20:29:00.000+00:002007-12-22T20:29:00.000+00:00His accent and manner is against him. (I live in ...His accent and manner is against him. (I live in the north east and like the lingo) but he speaks like a man trying not to be Geordie and sounds insincere.<BR/><BR/>A Labour Party driven to desperation by poor new year polls might do strange things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-82544627527908994722007-12-22T15:15:00.000+00:002007-12-22T15:15:00.000+00:00Met his researcher at a party once. Possibly the l...Met his researcher at a party once. Possibly the least pleasent person I have ever encountered in a social situation.Paul Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941688096751778537noreply@blogger.com