tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post1270577165656305974..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Jumping on the wagonCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-13547114372539162502011-12-31T13:03:22.097+00:002011-12-31T13:03:22.097+00:00Mudge, can see what your trying to say with regard...Mudge, can see what your trying to say with regards to Labour and their members.<br /><br />Its worth it however, to distinguish between activists and members.<br /><br />Inactive members (i.e. the majority of Labour members)have traditionally been far more moderate than regular activists.<br /><br />This arguably explains why Kinnock, Blair et. al. were so keen to actually empower individual members re: candidate selection and so forth. <br /><br />It's a distinction worth making.Pol Scinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-13406545997775093112011-12-28T15:44:40.637+00:002011-12-28T15:44:40.637+00:00But Labour have only ever got themselves elected t...But Labour have only ever got themselves elected to power by (to a greater or lesser extent) ignoring the wishes of their members. If Labour wish to put forward a manifesto based on the collective wisdom of their membership, then I would confidently forecast a repeat of 1983.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-31615987028810118242011-12-28T15:24:18.956+00:002011-12-28T15:24:18.956+00:001st anon: Tyson clearly wrote 'members', ...1st anon: Tyson clearly wrote 'members', and as he is an articulate chap with a good command of the English language, then that's what he meant. <br /><br />2nd anon: your village just phoned - they're sending someone to collect you.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64231280067932303372011-12-28T15:20:21.116+00:002011-12-28T15:20:21.116+00:00Anon
I clearly said "members". No organ...Anon<br /><br />I clearly said "members". No organisation can do more than reflect its member's wishes-for better or worse. The fact that you and others on here don't like that is neither here nor there. Somehow I have the strange feeling that if their members had been against the ban, you would have a differnt oponion on the matter. Funny that...Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-21867558987762215982011-12-28T12:24:13.265+00:002011-12-28T12:24:13.265+00:00Ahhh more government support for the black market....Ahhh more government support for the black market. White van prices set to rise because of demand m'thinks :)Smoking Hothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-12714521680105134462011-12-28T12:09:34.268+00:002011-12-28T12:09:34.268+00:00There are millions like the cap
doffing appeasers,...There are millions like the cap<br />doffing appeasers,if their Fabian Masters say a turd is tasty,they'll chew it and<br />say how tasty it was.<br />There are plenty of State School<br />educated backstabbers ,preaching <br />well rehearsed lines like "the ban is here FOR EVER,FOR ETERNITY,as if such controls are sent from the GODS.These cringing Judases have their pieces of silver ,today,<br />but tomorrow beckons the leafless tree ,the rope of reckoning.<br />Ther will be no hiding place<br />They will be found<br /><br /><br />The Ticking ClockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-62771383151345995332011-12-28T11:24:45.456+00:002011-12-28T11:24:45.456+00:00'Members' or Voters?
If you are in all ser...'Members' or Voters?<br />If you are in all seriousness saying that a majority of Labour voters were in favour of the blanket ban, you're living in cloud cuckoo land. (The same place that a lot of Labour party<br />MEMBERS exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-29528570751667971842011-12-28T10:56:04.582+00:002011-12-28T10:56:04.582+00:00Hmmm. Well I actually hope that Labour do exactly ...Hmmm. Well I actually hope that Labour do exactly like they did in 2007. That is reflect the majority opinion of their members. However you want to twist it, there's nowt wrong with that.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.com