can be found here. Why? Well, it ought to be clear that the characters inhabit what looks like a Big Society. Everything is run by a member of the community – in fact, Miss Rabbit seems to do most of it, selling ice cream, tickets at the Museum, running the fire station, and so on. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Conservatives’
26 Apr
Astle-Finkelstein debate on the implications of the LibDem surge
My collage Julian has been arguing with Danny Finkelstein about what the Lib Dem surge might mean.
24 Apr
‘Killing the Labour party’
I doubt I will make many friends here by linking with some measured approval to this Matthew Parris column, which may be partly wishful, but surely contains some true insights. Discussing Brown’s ‘moronic’ remark about Clegg being ‘Anti American’, Parris writes: The expression that briefly stalked the Liberal Democrat leader’s normally bland face, however, betrayed [...]
21 Apr
What is Ken Clarke ON?
I am one of those people who go around saying ‘You know what, if that Ken Clarke was Shadow Chancellor my decision to not be a Tory would be much more difficult. That Ken’s alright. Knows how to cut a deficit, does Ken, and did it with a chuckle’. That sort of thing. And he [...]
19 Apr
What’s going on
(apologies to those of you who arrived at this site expecting something about a Marvin Gaye record. You will be bitterly disappointed). This graph demonstrates cat out of the bag, Google-style: I had worried slightly that my dismissal of the Conservative dismissal of the Lib Dems was underproven (i.e. a big sulky exaggeration). Perhaps, instead, [...]
18 Apr
Latest CiF piece: the outrage of the entitled
Here it is (I’m not sure about the title). If you want more examples of the appalling arrogance of those who felt that 22% of the vote did not earn a party the right to media representation, here is Tim Montgomerie 6 months ago; very prescient, is the only lukewarm praise I can give him. [...]
16 Apr
Some links about leftthinking rightthinking liberalthinking ….
… that I can’t be bothered to commentate on with any skill (that’s what you lot are all for). First, Greg Mankiw’s classic: how do right and left differ? An excerpt: The right sees externalities as an occasional market failure that calls for government intervention, but sees this as relatively rare exception to the general [...]
14 Apr
The people have the whiphand. But not in the way the Conservatives would like
In case I have not mentioned it before, I am a liberal. I find the idea of being reliant on the state for my future wellbeing disturbing, and intrinsically unsatisfying. I sort of expect others to feel the same. Whether it comes from the right (see IEA comment thread) or left, I am repelled by [...]
13 Apr
What is the idea behind this graphic?
On page 22 of the Conservative Manifesto: Does this mean “ooh, how unfair that the South is hogging all the economic wealth, making the UK all fat-bottomed”? Or, “look, the Isle of Wight is up there with Northern Ireland?” Do they think this is an unnatural state of affairs, somehow caused by government meddling? The [...]
13 Apr
The Conservative Manifesto – the economy first
From the outset, I would like to say that I think their basic message is more realistic than Labour’s. Up to this point: Some politicians say: ‘give us your vote and we will sort out all your problems’. We say: real change comes not from government alone. When a state is bringing in revenenues only [...]
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