tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post5903121676756255755..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Celebrating 4,000 PostsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84361887613178905092022-05-15T17:59:15.670+01:002022-05-15T17:59:15.670+01:00Thanks for the kind words, folks. I endeavour to c...Thanks for the kind words, folks. I endeavour to continue!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59339799428584849792022-05-15T16:10:01.521+01:002022-05-15T16:10:01.521+01:00Congratulations, and thank you for many hours of t...Congratulations, and thank you for many hours of thought provoking reading.Zoltan Jorovicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-63169424401795566702022-05-15T08:06:08.433+01:002022-05-15T08:06:08.433+01:00Congratulations - I've learned a lot from you,...Congratulations - I've learned a lot from you, even if I don't always agree. Keep up the good work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69417555228304119052022-05-14T18:36:33.030+01:002022-05-14T18:36:33.030+01:00Congratulations,Phil, and well done! You always gi...Congratulations,Phil, and well done! You always give us plenty of food for thought, and unlike some bloggers, maintain a consistent position from which to commentate.<br />And the book is a jolly sight better than "not bad" either.<br />Keep up the good work.Karl Greenallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156805807981796175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-27625822442940154312022-05-14T14:02:34.387+01:002022-05-14T14:02:34.387+01:00Thanks for you always interesting and informative ...Thanks for you always interesting and informative blog posts - look after yourself and keep going !!Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-6521904262839208802022-05-14T13:07:06.936+01:002022-05-14T13:07:06.936+01:00«It all depends on motivation, time, head space, a...«<i>It all depends on motivation, time, head space, and other demands. But right now, I'd like to thank all readers, the regular and the infrequent alike for giving me the motivation to keep plugging away.</i>»<br /><br />I am thankful for these efforts because a good blog is not just interesting to read, like this one is, but also it is a good starting point for further reflection, looking up topics, and for discussion in comments.Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-52164087061698152182022-05-14T13:00:21.940+01:002022-05-14T13:00:21.940+01:00Congratulations!! No one would deny you the pleasu...Congratulations!! No one would deny you the pleasure of playing more games.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-40710524376266317842022-05-14T12:51:53.431+01:002022-05-14T12:51:53.431+01:00«Politically, I think the list fairly reflects the...«<i>Politically, I think the list fairly reflects the struggles and clashes of the last three years: Brexit, Covid, Starmerism, Boris Johnson's Tories.</i>»<br /><br />And yet all those, however central to the New New Labour, Conservative, LibDem cosplay of "Westmister politics" have mostly been mere distractions from the central issue of UK politics and economy, housing cost inflation.<br /><br />Real life in the UK is all about property, as any conversation at middle-class parties shows. Those are secondary topics about which "progressive" or "reactionary" upper-middle and upper class property owners, whether occupiers or landlords, can amuse themselves with posturing politics as their capital profits and incomes effortlessly balloon, while the lower classes who pay those profits double up and compress their living standards ever more.<br /><br />NB: by "Covid" above I mean "the politics of Covid", the epidemic itself is not a secondary topic.Blissexnoreply@blogger.com