Comments on: martin kettle: both right & wrong

By: tyger

tyger — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:37:39 +0000

Ah, I love Richard because he reminds me of my Granddad. I usually think there is a sliver of truth in his conspiracies. And we need people like Richard in the world.

Of course occasionally Richard’s as crazy as a box of angry cats, but again, that’s why we love him.

Hope you’re feeling well, anticant?

By: anticant

anticant — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:34:19 +0000

I agree with you, but Richard doesn’t. He believes that we are all the helpless puppets of an invincible clique of superpowerful people who secretly rule the world. If that’s so, it puzzles me why he keeps on blogging about politics!

By: tyger

tyger — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:34:25 +0000

Change is possible, anticant.

But maybe it’s too late to save the major parties.

By: anticant

anticant — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:51:20 +0000

There is not much meaningful choice in politics these days. The real divide is between politicians and people. Far from all the parties being ‘centrist’, there is no longer a solid moderate Centre in politics - it was first undermined by Thatcher and then collapsed when Blair ignored the cross-party anti-Iraq War protests.

Who would have thought that in the first decade of the 21st century neither major party would defend our traditional civil liberties, and both would espouse the folly of ‘faith schools’?

By: tyger

tyger — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:46:51 +0000

Actually, Richard, we do live in a democracy. Genuine change is possible if we can identify it and put its wheels into motion.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:22:18 +0000

We do not live in a democracy. Once we understand that, our confusion as to “what sort of politics we’re voting for” becomes abundantly clear - and totally unacceptable.

We live in a plutocracy - of, by and for the powerful people - that’s the political reality.

We do not live in a democracy - of, by and for the people - that’s the ‘necessary illusion’.