tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post5151152421531151140..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Hunt/JohnsonPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23650617775953512602019-06-22T00:00:47.022+01:002019-06-22T00:00:47.022+01:00Dipper, please stop trying to be clever.Dipper, please stop trying to be clever.dermothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10814535373795945000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-60993474933719365152019-06-21T16:03:06.197+01:002019-06-21T16:03:06.197+01:00.... which is kind of what Speedy said.... which is kind of what Speedy saidan afterthought from Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-36622841951309343392019-06-21T16:02:02.785+01:002019-06-21T16:02:02.785+01:00I have found over many years that trying to be cle...I have found over many years that trying to be clever is a mistake, particularly when attempted by people who genuinely think they might be clever.<br /><br />You can have beliefs, or you can be a commentator/player, but it is hard, if not impossible, to be both. <br /><br />Stop trying to find plausible explanations why your dreams may come true. Either try and make your dreams come true, or sit back and watch other people trying to make their dreams come true.Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-91327109421152396062019-06-21T15:00:38.235+01:002019-06-21T15:00:38.235+01:00As usual, a great blog. However, your meteorologi...As usual, a great blog. However, your meteorological analogy is way off. There's no such thing as a "high pressure front". Fronts (where different air masses collide) create low pressure systems or "troughs". High pressure ridges block other weather systems and mean not much happens. Think of it like a weight on a guinea pig - low pressure = lots of squealing and running around (lots of weather), high pressure (sit on the guinea pig) = not a lot of movement from the guinea pig (not a lot of weather). Not a lot of guinea pig either...Jon Hegertynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-8977303800635094612019-06-21T07:09:42.887+01:002019-06-21T07:09:42.887+01:00"Before we know it, the country will face the..."Before we know it, the country will face the avoidable farce of no deal, or the greatest volte face of our age that could make the Tory party permanently kaput. I know what I'm rooting for."<br /><br />But isn't your thinking part of the problem? It's not bringing the Tories down that should be the goal but defending the interests of the people. <br /><br />You say they are one and the same, just as a Tory like May would say the same, but this is nonsense - and part of the problem. <br /><br />The Tories will simply be replaced by something else, probably worse like the Brexit Party. Toryism will never go away until the structure of society is changed - an opportunity Labour has consistently missed. <br /><br />Instead of trying to be clever and "triangulate" or whatever, Labour needs to take the principled steps discussed in the thread below, because principle in the interest of "labour" is both what it should stand for and (wake up) the game being played - in this sense "Dipper" is correct, Leave are ahead because they stand for something, currently Labour stands for nothing. Speedynoreply@blogger.com