tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post4444114304517428612..comments2023-10-07T12:15:50.446+01:00Comments on The Centre Left: That high risk economic policy again: oursRob Marchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-8786059665460155842011-04-16T04:11:00.425+01:002011-04-16T04:11:00.425+01:00STOP PRESS:
I have just read, in Tony Blair's...STOP PRESS:<br /><br />I have just read, in Tony Blair's "A Journey", the following passages (I swear, I didn't read them before writing the article). They deserve quoting in full, not just because they back up what the piece almost exactly, but also because they are astonishingly prescient given that they were written before Ed Miliband was even elected as Leader.<br /><br /><i>[the lesser option for our positioning is] "...mounting a general attack on macro policy - 'putting the recovery at risk' - and ending up betting the shop that the recovery fails to materialise."<br /><br />"Such an approach is the reverse of what is easy for Oppositions, who get dragged almost unconsciously, almost unwillingly, into wholesale opposition. It's where the short-term market in votes is. It is where the party feels most comfortable. It's what gets the biggest cheer. The trouble is, it also chains the Opposition to positions that in the longer term look irresponsible, short-sighted or just plain wrong."</i><br /><br />Sound familiar?Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-34301873648766792432011-04-15T13:32:08.785+01:002011-04-15T13:32:08.785+01:00Ah, welcome Conor (suggest, readers, you check out...Ah, welcome Conor (suggest, readers, you check out Conor's excellent website by clicking on his name).<br /><br />Yes. Depressing, isn't it? The Tories have a narrative which is wrong, but convincing. Labour has one which is right, but unconvincing.<br /><br />Heigh ho.Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-57507315557419317802011-04-15T13:11:03.404+01:002011-04-15T13:11:03.404+01:00Nice analysis... gloomy scenarios ;-)Nice analysis... gloomy scenarios ;-)Conor Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158441852895515829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-70422134922026319752011-04-15T10:13:22.980+01:002011-04-15T10:13:22.980+01:00He is. But we may still lose this argument.
Indep...He is. But we may still lose this argument.<br /><br />Independence for Catalonia? Not any time soon, I think. The nationalists in power are not actually really interested in it.Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-74754528349438284042011-04-14T21:01:54.521+01:002011-04-14T21:01:54.521+01:00He is in trouble over numbers. Would not be the fi...He is in trouble over numbers. Would not be the first time. This one will run and run. Independence for Catalunya?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-69918508824447423492011-04-14T17:32:14.974+01:002011-04-14T17:32:14.974+01:00Have read most of it. A bit populist, but at the s...Have read most of it. A bit populist, but at the same time not half as dreadful as many of my well-intentioned comrades are making out. <br /><br />Think it may deserve a post all of its own.Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-21166337921035506102011-04-14T15:57:44.563+01:002011-04-14T15:57:44.563+01:00Did you see Cameron's "immigration speech...Did you see Cameron's "immigration speech"? Labour is seen in many inner city areas as the party of mass Polish/Romanian immigration. Riots in Wrexham (covered up) over a fridge. "They got one why ain't we got one?" Add the fact that whilst Mr Miliband is a nice man he is as unlikely to site in Number 10 as Cleggy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com