tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4105617319297783290..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Why are the Right Endorsing Liz Kendall?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82223802731919950852015-06-21T16:47:54.313+01:002015-06-21T16:47:54.313+01:00I think there are two other considerations here th...I think there are two other considerations here that explain her attraction in the eyes of the right. First, Kendall is the most likely of the available candidates to deliver a split in the Labour party through a combination of Blairite true belief and a lack of strategic nous. At the very least, she can be relied on to alienate the unions and prompt a funding crisis. <br /><br />Second, she has displayed considerable tactical naivety, repeatedly narrowing her options through eye-catching "admissions" that make her the hostage of the media, while implicitly criticising the wider party (many were prepared to hear that message and self-flagellate in the mid-90s, but not now). The upside is that her executive incompetence is likely to scare off many potential supporters, who will probably warm to Yvette Cooper's brand of ruthless pragmatism instead.David Timoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03568348438980023320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-81277697298310433642015-06-21T10:50:07.229+01:002015-06-21T10:50:07.229+01:00I was interested in the collective report by the t...I was interested in the collective report by the top universities in the uSA which found that we are in a great extinction period. I think this can be linked to this article.<br /><br />Blairism is a philosophy that needs to be actively struggled against. It is a reactionary philosophy in progressive sheeps clothing.<br /><br />It is a philosophy which embraces wholesale the idea that life is a struggle for dominance and status, it is social Darwinism, which is an ideology that will take humanity to destruction as far as I am concerned. Blairism, instead of fighting this, strengthens and deepens it. It is a philosophy which entirely capitulates to the damage done by the tabloid media, a dark force that needs challenging head on, a dark force that needs to be fought toe to toe. If I were Labour leader I would say I wouldn't let my kids anywhere near the Sun or the Mail as it is the equivalent of exposing them to toxic chemicals.<br /><br />Blairism may well be the most dangerous idea on the planet.<br /><br />BCFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53984856756732781962015-06-20T15:16:46.542+01:002015-06-20T15:16:46.542+01:00She's the nearest of the contenders to the Bla...<i> She's the nearest of the contenders to the Blair formula of tacking right, saying the "unsayable", and piling up the votes. </i><br /><br />It's funny how "saying the unsayable" seems to mean actually buying into the Tory/media narratives on the deficit, immigration and welfare. It it's so "unsayable" that we must "live within our means" and all that stuff then why is every f*cker saying it?andrew adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196332706764660436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-46089842647613913412015-06-19T23:28:23.809+01:002015-06-19T23:28:23.809+01:00Kendall goes way beyond the limits of lesser evili...Kendall goes way beyond the limits of lesser evilismredtuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052220525895821286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-49333854190872649462015-06-19T21:00:42.816+01:002015-06-19T21:00:42.816+01:00http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/nick-cohen/2015/06/li...http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/nick-cohen/2015/06/liz-kendall-doesnt/asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.com