tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3435511869395333299..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Those Norwich North CandidatesPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-47786581705822683082009-07-18T19:25:33.499+01:002009-07-18T19:25:33.499+01:00"And he's called Rupert."
That'..."And he's called Rupert."<br /><br />That's hardly his fault, is it?Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61042445680634266982009-07-18T13:49:05.794+01:002009-07-18T13:49:05.794+01:00Although the Greens have some good policies, Read ...Although the Greens have some good policies, Read is a narcisistic cock, seemingly determined to make a career in politics.<br /><br />He says a few daft things (seemingly off the cuff) and has made some serious gaffes that don't endear to him to some left-minded people, never mind the public. The animal rights agenda and bans on stem-cell research are off-putting personally, along with some anti-Israel rants etc<br /><br />And he's called Rupert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-5208539217921019652009-07-13T12:09:42.989+01:002009-07-13T12:09:42.989+01:00I don't know, ask him.
I'll query this my...I don't know, ask him.<br /><br />I'll query this myself.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23703292376991176092009-07-12T20:02:02.206+01:002009-07-12T20:02:02.206+01:00good so far...
will he stand on a workers' wa...good so far...<br /><br />will he stand on a workers' wage???!!!<br /><br />maybe expecting a bit too much! <br /><br /><br />ksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-90903018445512151162009-07-12T00:18:33.056+01:002009-07-12T00:18:33.056+01:00Karl, how's this take your fancy?
Rupert Read...Karl, how's this take your fancy?<br /><br />Rupert Read, candidate for Norwich North:<br /><br />"We are starting to hear about the many MPs who earn thousands through second jobs and directorships, who instead of listening to their constituents are listening to big banks and corporations. If I am elected, my only job will be to serve and represent the people of Norwich North at Westminster" [http://rupertsread.blogspot.com/2009/07/yes-to-no-second-jobs-pledge-media.html]<br /><br />"Train privatisation, from the beginning, was a very flawed model. We can't keep socialising private companies' losses and privatising their profits. We need a national train network under direct public control and with full public accountability." [http://rupertsread.blogspot.com/2009/07/greens-welcome-public-ownership-of-east.html]Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57106158086379116902009-07-11T18:11:23.939+01:002009-07-11T18:11:23.939+01:00maybe some greens could post up their local electi...maybe some greens could post up their local election leaflets to show us how class-based, left-wing and socialist they are?<br /><br /><br />ksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-21986195611414470542009-07-10T23:30:03.026+01:002009-07-10T23:30:03.026+01:00thanks Charlie, didn't know that :)thanks Charlie, didn't know that :)ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84682109428072602312009-07-10T20:27:03.880+01:002009-07-10T20:27:03.880+01:00Denzil - Phil BC uses the term "far left"...Denzil - Phil BC uses the term "far left", thus not excluding the greens.<br /><br />Phil - I agree, a "new left party" would be in competition w/ the greens without agreements in certain areas & such agreements have been difficult to achieve in the past.<br /><br />Modernity & Harpy - Norwich is Craig's home-town.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35548211760472375692009-07-10T15:59:09.938+01:002009-07-10T15:59:09.938+01:00Craig Murray all the way, a good man and would mak...Craig Murray all the way, a good man and would make a great politician out there.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-7302226301139118512009-07-10T11:59:46.288+01:002009-07-10T11:59:46.288+01:00I'm sure most of the left will be voting eithe...I'm sure most of the left will be voting either for Murray or Read (who's getting a lot of stick in the lib dem leaflets for being a left extremist incidentally) but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing there's no left candidate, although not for the reasons you might assume.<br /><br />I think knowing what you're doing is important and the hard left is extremely weak in Norwich so a hastily put together candidacy that gets one percent doesn't make any difference to anyone - and it doesn't really matter whether that candidate was on the ballot paper or not - apart from serving to demoralise the left perhaps.<br /><br />Far better I think to wish for an actually existing left that is organised and competent than to wish for a candidate just for the sake of one. <br /><br />I think people should be comfortable with the idea of their organsiation/whatever not standing in places where their vote would be embarrassing or counter productive.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3249385243907831792009-07-10T10:43:05.548+01:002009-07-10T10:43:05.548+01:00I am not sure if anything will rattle NL, their mi...I am not sure if anything will rattle NL, their mindset now is the expectation of a Tory government. <br /><br />Anyways, I kinda agree with Modernity, why indeed is Craig Murray standing other than to raise his profile and get some publicity? <br /><br />And who has heard of him now as he has kinda fallen off the political radar, and what is his political platform other than the "'onest bloke, really I am guv'nor"....HarpyMarxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3928080440369006172009-07-10T01:32:37.449+01:002009-07-10T01:32:37.449+01:00Agreed. The British Left never missing an opportun...Agreed. The British Left never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity?<br /><br />But looking at the existing candidates you'd think they could have cut down the range?<br /><br />What purpose does Craig Murray have in standing? Other than to raise his profile and get in some free publicity?ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-92178531652072782962009-07-09T23:11:51.150+01:002009-07-09T23:11:51.150+01:00Well, a chance to vote for Craig Murray is not to ...Well, a chance to vote for Craig Murray is not to be missed (unless it's a different Craig Murray). Other than that, I think the Greens are occupying an awful lot of the space that would be occupied by a new left party. Some of the bits of it that they don't occupy are very important - the trade union bits in particular - but I'm not convinced there's enough room to build a Left party alongside the Greens.Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-7127631063031093412009-07-09T22:11:38.347+01:002009-07-09T22:11:38.347+01:00I'm hope Norwich comrades will be backing the ...I'm hope Norwich comrades will be backing the Green Party's Rupert Read - a man big on nationalising the banks, as it happens.<br /><br />Ken Livingstone's said that a strong showing for the Greens will rattle New Labour - and for sure NL's always been worreid about challenges to its left (sadly, never been all that strong).Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84913260456540490562009-07-09T20:21:32.745+01:002009-07-09T20:21:32.745+01:00Thank God! At last - someone who doesn't con...Thank God! At last - someone who doesn't consider the Green Party to be left-wing.Denzilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824590062763589873noreply@blogger.com