Comments on: My Mate, Wiggy http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html Free Trade and Free Minds. Politics for Reasonable People. Independent Political Blogging. Top 20 Blog. Libertarianism. Laser Kitties. Tue, 10 May 2011 21:47:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: missive » Blog Archive » On Speaking Too Soon http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11455 missive » Blog Archive » On Speaking Too Soon Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:27:33 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11455 [...] unconstrained by censorship or regulation, people do the right thing anyway. It doesn’t let Wiggy off the hook, of course – he’s still absolutely 100% part of the problem of robotic, [...] [...] unconstrained by censorship or regulation, people do the right thing anyway. It doesn’t let Wiggy off the hook, of course – he’s still absolutely 100% part of the problem of robotic, [...]

]]> By: Unlinked « Fuck Grapefruit http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11332 Unlinked « Fuck Grapefruit Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:59:29 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11332 [...] DK’s version of events is here. Hat-tips and links from Mark [Thompson] Reckons and Charlotte Gore [...] [...] DK’s version of events is here. Hat-tips and links from Mark [Thompson] Reckons and Charlotte Gore [...]

]]> By: Old Slaughter http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11230 Old Slaughter Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:41:18 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11230 Yes. Reactive, as in they have no idea what they will say until others have acted. I did not call them 'reactionary', as in wishing to roll back progress. Yes. Reactive, as in they have no idea what they will say until others have acted.

I did not call them ‘reactionary’, as in wishing to roll back progress.

]]> By: John http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11185 John Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:05:08 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11185 The LPUK may only have 450 members but I bet that's more people than watch Neil's shitty lunchtime programme. No matter whether you agree or not with the politics, Neil should have at least shown some respect to the guy. Instead the viewer ended up with nothing but sympathy for Mounsey. Neil came over as a grade-A prick and a bully. No change there then. The LPUK may only have 450 members but I bet that’s more people than watch Neil’s shitty lunchtime programme.

No matter whether you agree or not with the politics, Neil should have at least shown some respect to the guy. Instead the viewer ended up with nothing but sympathy for Mounsey. Neil came over as a grade-A prick and a bully. No change there then.

]]> By: John Q. Wagonwheel http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11183 John Q. Wagonwheel Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:54:22 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11183 Old Slaughter - Reactive? I think you're still seeing things from one or the other side of a very worn pitch. While the LDs may have a touch of flexibility on policies for which there is no possibility of concrete proof, it would be crass to call them reactionary for defending liberalism as far as is practical against the real reactionaries - the vote-winning club of the big two. I'd be interested to see if, when Buggin's turn finally comes round for the Lib Dems, these core principles are lost. As it is, I don't buy it. Old Slaughter – Reactive? I think you’re still seeing things from one or the other side of a very worn pitch. While the LDs may have a touch of flexibility on policies for which there is no possibility of concrete proof, it would be crass to call them reactionary for defending liberalism as far as is practical against the real reactionaries – the vote-winning club of the big two.

I’d be interested to see if, when Buggin’s turn finally comes round for the Lib Dems, these core principles are lost. As it is, I don’t buy it.

]]> By: On Speaking Too Soon at The Charlotte Gore Blog http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11175 On Speaking Too Soon at The Charlotte Gore Blog Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:43:29 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11175 [...] unconstrained by censorship or regulation, people do the right thing anyway. It doesn’t let Wiggy off the hook, of course – he’s still absolutely 100% part of the problem of robotic, [...] [...] unconstrained by censorship or regulation, people do the right thing anyway. It doesn’t let Wiggy off the hook, of course – he’s still absolutely 100% part of the problem of robotic, [...]

]]> By: Old Slaughter http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11166 Old Slaughter Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:11:09 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11166 Er... The bits about the Devil are fine, but this nonsense about the Lib Dems? The Lib Dems are pointless because they can't get to power. Now I don't mean because nobody votes for them, (I always loved the polling stat that showed that if all the people that would vote Lib Dem if they thought they could get into office did vote Lib Dem, they would be in office), I mean becuase they don't really exist. They are a collection of reactive positions, merely reflexing against whatever the big two do. If you can see a patch of ground open between Lab/Con, there resides the Lib Dems. The closer to the speed of light you get the harder it becomes to accelerate. The closer to being serious contenters the Lib Dems get then the less they will exist. There is fundementally,no core, no ideology, only a disposition to the alternatives. They require a fundemental inability to succeed to be as successful as they have. Er…

The bits about the Devil are fine, but this nonsense about the Lib Dems?

The Lib Dems are pointless because they can’t get to power. Now I don’t mean because nobody votes for them, (I always loved the polling stat that showed that if all the people that would vote Lib Dem if they thought they could get into office did vote Lib Dem, they would be in office), I mean becuase they don’t really exist. They are a collection of reactive positions, merely reflexing against whatever the big two do. If you can see a patch of ground open between Lab/Con, there resides the Lib Dems.

The closer to the speed of light you get the harder it becomes to accelerate.

The closer to being serious contenters the Lib Dems get then the less they will exist. There is fundementally,no core, no ideology, only a disposition to the alternatives.

They require a fundemental inability to succeed to be as successful as they have.

]]> By: FlipC http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11162 FlipC Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:56:54 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11162 Only 450 members! Perhaps Brillo should take a look at my local <a href="http://www.healthconcern.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">'independent'</a> party. 10 district councillors, 3 county councillors and 1 MP; yet no fixed membership. Must be irrelevant then? Only 450 members! Perhaps Brillo should take a look at my local ‘independent’ party. 10 district councillors, 3 county councillors and 1 MP; yet no fixed membership. Must be irrelevant then?

]]> By: tomdaylight http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11159 tomdaylight Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:22:19 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11159 Rubbish - he held him up to the same standards as any other politician. That is the only way you can take a fringe party seriously - if it was just the sort of fluff piece you presumably want it would mean he wasn't taking them seriously at all. Paxman's way is to bludgeon them with a mace - Brillo's is to poke a fine dagger through a chink in the armour. Rubbish – he held him up to the same standards as any other politician. That is the only way you can take a fringe party seriously – if it was just the sort of fluff piece you presumably want it would mean he wasn’t taking them seriously at all.

Paxman’s way is to bludgeon them with a mace – Brillo’s is to poke a fine dagger through a chink in the armour.

]]> By: Stop Common Purpose http://charlottegore.com/2010/04/14/my-mate-wiggy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11149 Stop Common Purpose Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:58:35 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=2232#comment-11149 With the general election campaign underway, here are some ideas for <a href='http://tinyurl.com/yj6gtqm' rel="nofollow">questions to ask candidates</a> about Common Purpose. With the general election campaign underway, here are some ideas for questions to ask candidates about Common Purpose.

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