tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post3087749612893642788..comments2023-10-31T15:14:05.373+00:00Comments on Hagley Road To Ladywood: David Cameron's nothingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-43343234859581762242009-10-05T19:24:39.455+01:002009-10-05T19:24:39.455+01:00MJW,
you are right Cameron operates in the post-Bl...MJW,<br />you are right Cameron operates in the post-Blair post New Labour era and all that. But thats no excuse at all, because I was under the impression that the Tories were going to change all that and bring some substance back to politics. At the end of the day, isnt NL despised because of too much spin?<br /><br />Whichever your political or ideological or social views, his performance on Sunday was indeed very ppor and uninspiring, in that I throughly agree with the poster.Anitahttp://www.londonist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-31870545890337402922009-10-05T16:34:03.323+01:002009-10-05T16:34:03.323+01:00Cameron is operating in the post-Blair, post-New L...Cameron is operating in the post-Blair, post-New Labour project which got the country hooked on the idea of a pre-packaged, "ideology free" policy for every eventuality, because that sold better than Old Labour's core values (a.k.a. a euphemism for ideology used by anybody who claims ideology is what the other lot, regardless of whoever the other lot is, do). That these "policies" were largely intended more for the waste paper bin than implementation was never the point. So people are hooked on a diet of "policy", whilst simultaneously complaining it's "hollow", or even better are enamoured with the circular argument that any policy of Cameron's isn't a "real policy" because someone somewhere said he didn't have any!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08204174267833645562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-91032742449119424142009-10-05T15:53:28.684+01:002009-10-05T15:53:28.684+01:00I'm finding myself in the strange position of ...I'm finding myself in the strange position of knowing I'll probably vote Labour, even though I don't like them.<br /><br />Because I like my MP. He's a backbencher and he's not a joker, unlike pretty much *all* the main party leaders. I'm very much in line with most of his voting record.<br /><br />We'll see who the LibDems and the Greens put up though. I might really like them too.<br /><br />On the subject of D.A.V.E., as I've now decided to call him, I'm going to be disappointed but unsurprised if as much of the country falls for him like they fell for Blair, seeing as he's pulling *exactly the same* trick.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442781568629782535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-85097520551704302412009-10-05T12:44:38.842+01:002009-10-05T12:44:38.842+01:00This is veering towards empathy with Homer Simpson...This is veering towards empathy with Homer Simpson's assertion that "democracy doesn't work" just because people make stupid choices - which, I might add, is very true. Style wins over substance because that's what it's designed to do.<br /><br />Were it not true, then Ashdown would have been PM instead of Major and Blair. After all, he did suggest the 'penny in the pound income tax' idea long before GB realised that PFI hadn't worked and did the same.<br /><br />The fact is that GB has a track record of stupid policies, especially around tax (IR35 anyone?) but particularly on financial management - not encouraging for a former chancellor. It's a question of mediocre leadership over pisspoor leadership.<br /><br />Me? I'll vote for Clegg - he may not win but at least when things get worse I can sit smug in the knowledge that I didn't contribute to the problem...at least until my house gets repossessed.Benjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-4718450449145369962009-10-05T10:03:22.700+01:002009-10-05T10:03:22.700+01:00He is vague personified old D-Cam...He is vague personified old D-Cam...Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-10088057580620052062009-10-05T08:48:50.787+01:002009-10-05T08:48:50.787+01:00As loath as I am to quote him, yesterday Alistair ...As loath as I am to quote him, yesterday Alistair Cambell called Cameron 'VacuDave' on his blog following his uninspiring performance at Andy Marr's.socialist samhttp://www.socialistparty.org.uknoreply@blogger.com