Comments on: Listening and learning by rote http://www.chickyog.net/2008/08/15/listening-and-learning-by-rote/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Gerard http://www.chickyog.net/2008/08/15/listening-and-learning-by-rote/comment-page-1/#comment-41376 David Gerard Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:42:46 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2796#comment-41376 I think Labour could <a href="http://notnews.today.com/2008/08/19/labour-selects-sock-with-eyes-as-new-leader/" rel="nofollow">pick a winner for the hotseat</a>. (Or not.) I think Labour could pick a winner for the hotseat. (Or not.)

]]> By: a very public sociologist http://www.chickyog.net/2008/08/15/listening-and-learning-by-rote/comment-page-1/#comment-41357 a very public sociologist Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:24:59 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2796#comment-41357 It does beggar belief. This 'economic slowdown ... global markets blah' is the New Labour line for their difficulties. It's because they are incapable of doing a root and branch review of the policies that are actually <i>responsible</i> for their miserable defeats and poll showings. If they haven't worked that out by now they've got no chance at the next general election. a very public sociologist's latest blog post... <a href="http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2008/08/perfect-vagina.html" rel="nofollow">The Perfect Vagina</a> It does beggar belief. This ‘economic slowdown … global markets blah’ is the New Labour line for their difficulties. It’s because they are incapable of doing a root and branch review of the policies that are actually responsible for their miserable defeats and poll showings. If they haven’t worked that out by now they’ve got no chance at the next general election.

a very public sociologist’s latest blog post… The Perfect Vagina

]]> By: Dave Hansell http://www.chickyog.net/2008/08/15/listening-and-learning-by-rote/comment-page-1/#comment-41354 Dave Hansell Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:45:47 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2796#comment-41354 Steady now Justin/Richard. You don't want to leave yourselves open to accusations from the tribalists in New Labour of aiding and abetting the Tories. You should know by now that its OK to talk about what the Tories "might" do or say they are going to do - that part of what you've written will get you the Brownie points with the tribalists - but criticising what New Labour are actually doing will "bore" them to death. Steady now Justin/Richard.

You don’t want to leave yourselves open to accusations from the tribalists in New Labour of aiding and abetting the Tories.

You should know by now that its OK to talk about what the Tories “might” do or say they are going to do – that part of what you’ve written will get you the Brownie points with the tribalists – but criticising what New Labour are actually doing will “bore” them to death.

]]> By: richard hannay http://www.chickyog.net/2008/08/15/listening-and-learning-by-rote/comment-page-1/#comment-41353 richard hannay Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:45:57 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2796#comment-41353 Its like watching a slowmotion trainwreck - Labour is hurtling towards the buffers, and everyone on board knows that they`re heading for disaster but no-one seems to have either the wit or the spine to try and get their hands on the brakes. Its clear that Brown is essentially sleepwalking us down into Neo-Conservative hell, gradually dismantling the institutions that helped us stave off the worst of the Thatcher years and thus making it easy as pie for the Tories to do anything that they want. Anything. A couple of years after a Tory victory, there won`t be an NHS left, at least as we would recognise it. There will be something CALLED the NHS, maybe even with some services free-at-point-of-use (that deadly mantra) but no-one working in it will be working for the government department, ie us. Instead nurses and doctors will be working for private healthcare companies creaming off tasty profits from government contracts, handing lipsmacking bonuses and salaries to executives and dividends to shareholders (I wonder how many Tory MPs/party members hold shares in companies who have done well out of the Blair/Brown PFI pillaging). Same goes for education, and maybe they`ll even figure out a way to privatise the benefits system, mebbe even the whole justice/prison system as has been done in the States. Oh yes, what a cashtastic capitalist wonderland Britain will be under Cameron for the next 10-15-20 years. Scandinavia`s looking better all the time. Its like watching a slowmotion trainwreck – Labour is hurtling towards the buffers, and everyone on board knows that they`re heading for disaster but no-one seems to have either the wit or the spine to try and get their hands on the brakes. Its clear that Brown is essentially sleepwalking us down into Neo-Conservative hell, gradually dismantling the institutions that helped us stave off the worst of the Thatcher years and thus making it easy as pie for the Tories to do anything that they want. Anything. A couple of years after a Tory victory, there won`t be an NHS left, at least as we would recognise it. There will be something CALLED the NHS, maybe even with some services free-at-point-of-use (that deadly mantra) but no-one working in it will be working for the government department, ie us. Instead nurses and doctors will be working for private healthcare companies creaming off tasty profits from government contracts, handing lipsmacking bonuses and salaries to executives and dividends to shareholders (I wonder how many Tory MPs/party members hold shares in companies who have done well out of the Blair/Brown PFI pillaging).

Same goes for education, and maybe they`ll even figure out a way to privatise the benefits system, mebbe even the whole justice/prison system as has been done in the States. Oh yes, what a cashtastic capitalist wonderland Britain will be under Cameron for the next 10-15-20 years.

Scandinavia`s looking better all the time.

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