tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post7635533231285182925..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Will Labour be out of power for a decade?Paul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-58936530294504295192008-06-11T16:06:00.000+01:002008-06-11T16:06:00.000+01:00Surely the biggest problem the Labour party's goin...Surely the biggest problem the Labour party's going to face over the next ten years is the lack of funding. Where will the money come from to make it competitive with the Tories?Peter Briffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944248593784819303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-15188192547487287662008-06-09T14:22:00.000+01:002008-06-09T14:22:00.000+01:00No, it's a piece of spam I couldn't be arsed to de...No, it's a piece of spam I couldn't be arsed to delete.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-60113727120078360352008-06-09T14:19:00.000+01:002008-06-09T14:19:00.000+01:00I don't get it. Is the above some enormously subtl...I don't get it. Is the above some enormously subtle reference to Brown's inner circle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-37848356641754627842008-06-06T10:56:00.000+01:002008-06-06T10:56:00.000+01:00And incidentally, it's probably a bit early to be ...And incidentally, it's probably a bit early to be writing off any comparisons with Blair and Thatcher just yet.<BR/><BR/>Blair in 1995 (ie 2 years before the general election) was still seen as a bit lightweight, though the work he was doing modernising his party was starting to be appreciated. Thatcher in 1977 was routinely second best at PMQs and was struggling to impose her will on the Tim Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705980028580424584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-81312094181508508542008-06-06T09:58:00.000+01:002008-06-06T09:58:00.000+01:00Some interesting re-writing of history going on he...Some interesting re-writing of history going on here. For New Labour's first ten years, we were told this represented the triumph of the right, that Blair's policies were an acceptance that Thatcher won the arguments of the 80s. Now things are going a bit iffy, apparently we've all been living in a Marxist socialist experiment for the past decade. Simon Heffer had a particularly tortuous piece toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-35333483859688278122008-06-05T17:56:00.000+01:002008-06-05T17:56:00.000+01:00Ideologically, Labour MPs are all over the shop at...Ideologically, Labour MPs are all over the shop at present. Other than a desire for self-preservation I can't think of anything meaningful that unites them. <BR/><BR/>You may think that Labour is not losing the intellectual argument, I reckon they have completely lost it on crime, immigration, defence and public sector service delivery which explains the Tory-lite policies that provide a well of Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-70827028456186379592008-06-05T17:55:00.000+01:002008-06-05T17:55:00.000+01:00Patrick said... "You're deranged."Agreed. When I w...Patrick said... "You're deranged."<BR/><BR/>Agreed. <BR/><BR/>When I was t'lad the only time political debate got a bit heated, was in the pub after 10pm and even then it was no more than light hearted... including other subjects like religion it is what I identified as being 'British', that is, not being really bothered as long as it didn't intrude on life's simple pursuits... football, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-2570964714013259092008-06-05T14:28:00.000+01:002008-06-05T14:28:00.000+01:00Broadly New Labour? With Health Apartheid and the ...Broadly New Labour? With Health Apartheid and the West Lothian Question rampant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-54314482685968396022008-06-05T14:15:00.000+01:002008-06-05T14:15:00.000+01:00'The intellectual climate is boadly New Labour'.Do...'The intellectual climate is boadly New Labour'.<BR/><BR/>Do you really think people want more tax and waste and more nannying? You're deranged.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577562096155323258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-89730499370242119682008-06-05T13:01:00.000+01:002008-06-05T13:01:00.000+01:00Paul, I read your comment on PB.com and was intere...Paul, I read your comment on PB.com and was interested enought visit your own site here. I must say that to my (admittedly Tory)mind you are living in fantasy land if you think that the Tories are MORE split than Labour. As I wrote on my own posting, the Labour leadership is entirely at odds with most of their support, a situation which has never happened before. The Tories almost fell for this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-56300193211768611102008-06-05T11:13:00.000+01:002008-06-05T11:13:00.000+01:00Paul, you might be right but you might also be hor...Paul, you might be right but you might also be horribly wrong. The worst case scenario is that people reflect on this New Labour Government as nothing more than same old Labour tax and spend. Yes, for a long while they looked different, but that was down to an exceptional leader in Blair and a very favorable global economy. Come the (now almost inevitable) end, it just looks like the have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com