Comments on: 42 Days… No… No… No… http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2008/06/10/42-days%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6/ Podcaster, Blogger, Writer, New Media Junkie... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Owen Blacker http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2008/06/10/42-days%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-430901 Owen Blacker Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:59:04 +0000 http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-430901 Oh absolutely. The problem is our voting system and our party system mean we are *not* a democracy. Most voters stand no chance of making *any* difference. Which, of course, means that we're stuck with Brown or Cameron. I'd rather have neither Tweedledum nor Tweedledee, thanks. I'm under no illusion that the Tories would have been a lot better (though I'm hopeful that they would've been at least a little better on some of the attacks on civil liberties), but I wish people would stop claiming that New Labour are much better than the Tories. Aside from some very early wins — civil rights, human rights, devolution — almost everything they've done could have been done by a wholly Friedman-following Tory government. It makes me ashamed to be British, frankly. Oh absolutely. The problem is our voting system and our party system mean we are *not* a democracy. Most voters stand no chance of making *any* difference.

Which, of course, means that we’re stuck with Brown or Cameron. I’d rather have neither Tweedledum nor Tweedledee, thanks.

I’m under no illusion that the Tories would have been a lot better (though I’m hopeful that they would’ve been at least a little better on some of the attacks on civil liberties), but I wish people would stop claiming that New Labour are much better than the Tories. Aside from some very early wins — civil rights, human rights, devolution — almost everything they’ve done could have been done by a wholly Friedman-following Tory government.

It makes me ashamed to be British, frankly.

]]> By: Ewan Spence http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2008/06/10/42-days%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-430839 Ewan Spence Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:21:01 +0000 http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-430839 Agreed re Labour - think how worse though if Brown HAD went for an Oct 07 election and got the 30-40 majority he might have managed... 5 years of this. Still a good chance May 09 is on the cards if it all goes tits up. As to independence... who knows, but I'm pretty sure we'll get the vote about it in 2010/2011. The result is up in the air. Agreed re Labour – think how worse though if Brown HAD went for an Oct 07 election and got the 30-40 majority he might have managed… 5 years of this. Still a good chance May 09 is on the cards if it all goes tits up. As to independence… who knows, but I’m pretty sure we’ll get the vote about it in 2010/2011. The result is up in the air.

]]> By: Owen Blacker http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2008/06/10/42-days%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6-no%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-430823 Owen Blacker Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:12:30 +0000 http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-430823 I am utterly ashamed of the evil being done in our name by this authoritarian, conservative, Friedman-esque "Labour" government. Frankly, we need a fucking revolution. I just had a shameful reply from my MP on lobbying him over 42 days. He sent me a government-drafted form response and then got upset when I accused him of being a lapdog (which I put substantially more tactfully). Get your independence quickly, so I can flee this fascist shithole, eh? I am utterly ashamed of the evil being done in our name by this authoritarian, conservative, Friedman-esque “Labour” government.

Frankly, we need a fucking revolution. I just had a shameful reply from my MP on lobbying him over 42 days. He sent me a government-drafted form response and then got upset when I accused him of being a lapdog (which I put substantially more tactfully).

Get your independence quickly, so I can flee this fascist shithole, eh?

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