tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post1938014563569406411..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Socialist Party on NSSN Anti-Cuts CampaignPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-73941293728246429632011-01-29T14:54:36.731+00:002011-01-29T14:54:36.731+00:00Paul - fair point. Still, by the time that stateme...Paul - fair point. Still, by the time that statement was written it must have been pretty obvious that at least some of the non-SP minority were going to walk.<br /><br />To be clear, I don't think Linda Taaffe is the only leader who's ever insisted on looking ahead instead of reviewing mistakes that have been made, and I don't think the SP is the only organisation to relentlessly accentuate the positive when it comes to its own activities and prospects. Actually, that's precisely why I'm disappointed in the party's current direction - I did think the SP was better than this.Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-54975080290448347202011-01-26T14:38:49.383+00:002011-01-26T14:38:49.383+00:00Care to elaborate, Macullam?Care to elaborate, Macullam?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-21989104619474023722011-01-26T10:16:52.316+00:002011-01-26T10:16:52.316+00:00Hi Phil, just on that last point, it has only beco...Hi Phil, just on that last point, it has only become clear in the last day or so that people have left<br /><br />cheers and all the best<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3033817886898124072011-01-25T22:39:46.743+00:002011-01-25T22:39:46.743+00:00"The character of the NSSN will not change as..."The character of the NSSN will not change as a result of Saturday’s decision."<br /><br />This can only be true if it was already a wholly-owned SP front.<br /><br />Dreadful stuff. I would have expected at least an acknowledgment that several people have bailed out in reaction, and perhaps a few words of regret. Not on planet Taaffe, though.Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-73531681113159173432011-01-25T19:13:31.140+00:002011-01-25T19:13:31.140+00:00I agree there is an email circulating from SWP in ...I agree there is an email circulating from SWP in Brighton suggesting using the NSSN decision to try and break Brighton Unison from the local anti cuts campaign.macullamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-88519888757443524782011-01-25T16:22:43.879+00:002011-01-25T16:22:43.879+00:00"We are confident that the decision yesterday..."We are confident that the decision yesterday will actually bring us in contact with a whole new layer of workers as they confront this brutal cuts package."<br /><br />=<br /><br />"We think by doing this we can recruit lots of people to our sect to maintain our bureaucracy."<br /><br />It always amuses me - chasing the "new layers" - the pure-at-heart horny-handed proletarian virgins who can be won over to the exact programme of *insert-organisation-name-as-applicable* and are untainted by the destructive teachings of *insert-enemy-organisation-name-as-applicable*.<br /><br />Perhaps if the existing left could learn to work together better, the desperate and unseemly clamour to recruit the newbies could be avoided as it usually ends up with the majority of newcomers to left politics burning out and turning off, at least in my experience.<br /><br />It might also lend the way to actually stopping the cuts...Alex Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197211489381075789noreply@blogger.com