tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8852543645579977838..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Mao, McDonnell, and MirthPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-87909669867295578352015-11-27T20:36:27.040+00:002015-11-27T20:36:27.040+00:00You know, I'm a moderate, but to call this a m...You know, I'm a moderate, but to call this a mistake just makes you look like you've gone pretty far to the right.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-15158475050160322922015-11-27T11:41:11.465+00:002015-11-27T11:41:11.465+00:00John McDonnell's mistake was not quoting Mao, ...John McDonnell's mistake was not quoting Mao, it was both apposite and (for thew Commons) witty, but literally throwing away the advantage. Never hand over your tool. Better still, leave it at home. The point of his criticism - Osborne's embrace of Chinese money and his disdain for the advice of most economists - did not need a prop.David Timoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03568348438980023320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-58329813454494548532015-11-27T09:45:58.632+00:002015-11-27T09:45:58.632+00:00Personally, I pissed myself laughing at Comrade Mc...Personally, I pissed myself laughing at Comrade McDonnell.<br />Comrade Osborne's face was a picture.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-34155039249399315032015-11-27T08:30:03.241+00:002015-11-27T08:30:03.241+00:00Diane Abbott on Daily Politics.
"On balance,...Diane Abbott on Daily Politics.<br /><br />"On balance, Mao did more good than harm".<br /><br />Hmmm.Matt Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-31684002171662877672015-11-27T08:01:26.774+00:002015-11-27T08:01:26.774+00:00You seem to be trying quite hard, Phil :-).
I thi...You seem to be trying quite hard, Phil :-).<br /><br />I think the difference is that John MaoDonnell has spent decades within a hair's breadth of believing this stuff, and can be credibly represented as such. With Seumus Milne on Stalin, they could end up with a full house of Dictators.<br /><br />What happened to the LRB he threw at Osbo, and was it signed by Mao or MaoDonnell himself? If he has a sense of humour Osbo will put it in the Thatcher auction.<br /><br /> I won't be commenting further as I am off for a weekend on the Coast.Matt Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-1310536229288820012015-11-27T07:55:12.410+00:002015-11-27T07:55:12.410+00:00Bollocks.
For a Tory to quote Mao obviously is a...Bollocks. <br /><br />For a Tory to quote Mao obviously is a joke, but for a hard-leftist who supposedly wants to disassociate himself with genocidal totalitarianism (which many believe he still has much sympathy with) it was a juvenile blunder. One wonders who is advising him? Oh yeah, a certain Maoist on secondment from the Guardian...<br /><br />And Ken Livingstone justifying 7/7 on QT last night. What a wanker. I suppose the murders in Madrid, Bali and New York were revenge killings too. When the next inevitable attack occurs on UK soil, scum like him will really have blood on their hands. <br /><br />And this is the man in charge of Labour's "defence review". Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-32695205576194893512015-11-26T21:19:05.028+00:002015-11-26T21:19:05.028+00:00I think those imputing further motives know very w...I think those imputing further motives know very well what they're doing and why, and I think they should be ashamed of themselves.Unit Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359138601234970492noreply@blogger.com