tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4433593559696600608..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Left Case for Voting ConservativePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59912087615035513792015-04-02T12:19:09.798+01:002015-04-02T12:19:09.798+01:00The problem Phil is that having once been a Millie...The problem Phil is that having once been a Millie Tant myself, I can remember leading Comrades stating, "As Trotsky said, sometimes the working class needs the whip of counter-revolution to know what's good for them! Then they'll come to us!" Or words to that effect.<br /><br />So your "Vote Conservative" did more or less fall into that narrative.<br /><br />And expect to see it used again if there's a Tory/Ukip/Dup coalition.<br /><br />John RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61346127320545718052015-04-02T11:26:34.427+01:002015-04-02T11:26:34.427+01:00Does anyone remember "libertarians"? I r...Does anyone remember "libertarians"? I remember one of them in 2010, correctly percieving that neither Cameron nor any other imaginable democratic government was going to implement their agenda, announcing his intention to vote Labour.<br /><br />This, he reasoned, would bring the "libertarian" revolution closer.<br /><br />Worra trip down memory lane you have, in fact, just given me.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35173059579965061282015-04-01T19:37:24.046+01:002015-04-01T19:37:24.046+01:00I believe there's a Guardian commenter I'v...I believe there's a Guardian commenter I've seen who genuinely follows this line of thinking.DrDude12472https://www.blogger.com/profile/18248409113796634756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-18414018790199491312015-04-01T15:20:09.567+01:002015-04-01T15:20:09.567+01:00In fairness, the Alexis Tsiprases and Yanis Varouf...In fairness, the Alexis Tsiprases and Yanis Varoufakises of this world probably at least sometimes wish Greeks had elected New Democracy. Then they'd have been able to kick off in peace without anny of this having to do things malarkey :)asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69460422909882780102015-04-01T12:55:46.591+01:002015-04-01T12:55:46.591+01:00Once spoke to a French far leftist who'd voted...Once spoke to a French far leftist who'd voted for Le Pen believing that the elimination of the reformist parti socialiste (which did fail to make second round)would destabilise the bourgeois French state...Roger McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741665797773605921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-83862945488704092452015-04-01T12:07:23.183+01:002015-04-01T12:07:23.183+01:00You mean none of you fell for it?
*Cries*You mean none of you fell for it?<br /><br />*Cries*Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35411627574702960002015-04-01T10:31:11.600+01:002015-04-01T10:31:11.600+01:00I thought i'd clicked on Spiked online for a m...I thought i'd clicked on Spiked online for a mo.<br /><br />John RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-16763008108772436982015-04-01T09:55:50.962+01:002015-04-01T09:55:50.962+01:00In reality I fel you should go that one step furth...In reality I fel you should go that one step further and vote for that nice Mr Farage, he has so much common sense.Vinyl Minerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143010575470895405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-9122605094589239212015-04-01T09:24:07.920+01:002015-04-01T09:24:07.920+01:00Here's another reason to vote Conservative - n...Here's another reason to vote Conservative - no excruciating mugs.Sarah ABhttp://hurryupharry.org/noreply@blogger.com