tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8986041073101015831..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Gordon Brown and PowerPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82579563925570577012015-08-18T08:56:55.408+01:002015-08-18T08:56:55.408+01:00Gordon brown? Isn't he the guy that helped bri...Gordon brown? Isn't he the guy that helped bring the world economy to its knees and gave Fred Goodwin a knighthood and was generally seen as a huge electoral liability?<br /><br />Yes, a legacy to be proud of!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-16606866472925878802015-08-17T10:42:07.317+01:002015-08-17T10:42:07.317+01:00The current Tories seem worse than Thatcher becaus...The current Tories seem worse than Thatcher because there's been 35 years of neo-liberalism that's allowing the current lot to do what they like.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394537338685274809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84933701748634064242015-08-17T06:00:23.160+01:002015-08-17T06:00:23.160+01:00Power through the organs is all very well, but it ...Power through the organs is all very well, but it is worth observing that Gramsci wrote it while languishing in a Fascist prison, where he met his end. Indeed, had Mussolini not made the tactical error of joining forces with Hitler, Fascist Italy would have likely lasted from 1922 to the 1970s, or beyond, like Spain. The point is, smart though it may be, it is a losers philosophy. <br /><br />Although, as you say, it can have its victories (equal ops, for example) these also came about through wider social trends (the permissive society, the advent of the pill, etc) and were mirrored throughout the Western world. As for the poll tax (and I was actually there in Trafalgar Square with the Anti Poll Tax Fed) that was one battle in a war we lost. Ask the miners. <br /><br />I can well imagine that many are looking forward to a repeat of the Eighties, but New Labour was born from the rubble that Thatcher left behind. Point being that social democracy was crushed into the dirt while Labour dithered. 1979 to 1997. I remember the year she came to power, I remember the year she left it. If anything, these Tories are worse - at least Thatcher thought she was doing good for ordinary people, these ones are interested only in dismantling anything left of the social democratic state, from the NHS to the BBC. You might comfort yourself with talk of a revolution through the organs, but when they have finished there will be no organs left. Speedynoreply@blogger.com