Comments on: The vortex of politics

By: dick vardy (baldy head)

dick vardy (baldy head) — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:28:12 +0000

Pleased to see you’ve progressed past the Beano and the AEEU Union News and of course you’re all time favourite, ‘the Sport’. Of course it could have been worse tom… you could have been in the News of The World! However I’m still concerned about you reading novels by authors who’s names I can’t even pronouce and did you put the ‘Nectar of Life’, on you’re expenses? Did you notice I didn’t swear once?

By: Joe K

Joe K — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:44:30 +0000

Depressed?

The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him and he should pick you up.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:44:01 +0000

I also went to Cornwall last weekend.

Got stuck in traffic jams on the A30, M5, M4 on Monday. It took us nine hours to get back to London. A miserable journey indeed.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:30:34 +0000

Dear Tom,

Don’t worry, I’m not about to harangue you about the recent news. Best wishes, in fact, if you had nothing to do with it all.

I’ve been reading the news lately with great interest. I’m very interested in politics and but for the depths to which those seeking political advantage will stoop, could be persuaded to become more involved. Perhaps it’s been like that for ages, perhaps not.

What I am interested in is your analysis: at what point does a governing party changes from being idealistic, driven and sure of it’s direction to holding power for power’s sake, beholden to corporate interests and willing to engage in the politics we’ve seen of late?

Ironically, we need the idealistic Labour party of ’97 to sweep the current Labour party from office. Where have our civil liberties gone? Any sign of an ethical foreign policy? Let’s get rid of this sleaze… oh, sorry, that was the Tories, but then, you can’t tell the difference any more.

By: mike stallard

mike stallard — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:02:33 +0000

I shall enjoy reading more of your posts. But, at the moment, I am in the middle of “Liberal Fascism” which is hard work, but very rewarding.

By: Brian Hughes

Brian Hughes — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:57:23 +0000

Back in 1703 Daniel Defoe spent three days in a pillory and some time in Newgate Prison for satirising Tories.

Thankfully we live in more enlightened times (but try telling that to the libertarians who hanker after an imagined country populated by blissfully happy Britons free to do just as they pleased).

By: philip walling

philip walling — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:56:35 +0000

How wonderfully prescient.