tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post672306527946511163..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: A King is BornPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-31441891239820074402013-07-24T11:06:25.726+01:002013-07-24T11:06:25.726+01:00Closed anymore care homes yet Phil?
Sold of Northw...Closed anymore care homes yet Phil?<br />Sold of Northwood stadium or Dimensions yet?<br /><br />We shall do the rejoicing for a 21st century King and you should concern yourself more with kicking old people out of old people's homes.<br /><br />Labour with or without Republicanism to its name is a complete arse and everyone in Stoke knows it.<br /><br />I'm with Boffy, let's rejoice in the new Monarchy and let's drink heartily to the new born King.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-20981189311278046572013-07-23T17:53:24.140+01:002013-07-23T17:53:24.140+01:00I don't accept that this modern form of royali...I don't accept that this modern form of royalism has much to do with an identity crisis. I think it has much more to do with the secularist consumerist society we now live in. It is part of the rise of celebrity. It is borne from confidence and not despair.<br /><br />(I accept that non secularist societies have royalism, sometimes of the absolute variety).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-51206662763775621362013-07-23T14:30:41.537+01:002013-07-23T14:30:41.537+01:00AS a wishy-washy social democrat, I have a very re...AS a wishy-washy social democrat, I have a very relaxed attitude to the Monarchy. Yes, in principle it is wrong, but a lot of people like the institution, and Kate is a fine-looking gel! Let's worry about bigger issues like changing Labour from Her Majesty's opposition to Her Majesty's government.Flaundennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-12604183568693302862013-07-23T07:03:02.730+01:002013-07-23T07:03:02.730+01:00I'm wondering - do you really believe this?
...I'm wondering - do you really believe this? <br /><br />The Royals' popularity has little to do with what they have or haven't done - it is symptomatic of a society suffering a profound identity crisis.<br /><br />The Royals are an "unchanging" hub of a society in which people no longer have faith in any other institution - politicians, the media, the banks etc. <br /><br />Globalisation adds to this sense of powerless, thatcherism (old and new) has given a lie to the sense "we are all in this together", and multiculturalism has in many respects deprived people of an identity only a generation or two ago they would have taken for granted. <br /><br />Within this context it is unsurprising that the Royals are popular - people need roots. <br /><br />Intellectuals and Leftists (and sometimes intellectual Leftists) try to "understand" this but are seemingly incapable of doing so because their own "internationalism" embraces this new world (and indeed helped bring it to pass). Rootlessness is for them a badge of honour.<br /><br />Simone Weil recognised the need for roots 70 years ago (but then she had already worked her way through Marxism). <br /><br />If Socialists are serious about socialism they should acknowledge this basic human need and focus on it - because without a sense of belonging people will not feel that they have a stake in society and not act collectively. Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3517966654563288932013-07-22T21:05:55.059+01:002013-07-22T21:05:55.059+01:00I think you're right. In many ways, Blair *sav...I think you're right. In many ways, Blair *saved* the monarchy.<br /><br />Ed will tow the establishment line regardless of what his real views are. After all, annoyingly, an open and avowed republican Labour Party would never get within a whiff of power. There are plenty of genuine monarchists in its ranks too, which is reflective of working people as a whole.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23872306407764169462013-07-22T20:55:04.780+01:002013-07-22T20:55:04.780+01:00I blame the New Labour organisation for this situa...I blame the New Labour organisation for this situation. Wonder what Ed the useless will make of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com