tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post6481449191670882812..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: With a Whimper Anastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30375526849886838082012-09-26T16:38:46.239-07:002012-09-26T16:38:46.239-07:00Do you know John Paul Sartre's play No Exit? ...Do you know John Paul Sartre's play <i>No Exit</i>? If not, it concerns three totally incompatible characters who have died and gone to hell, there to discover that they have to spend eternity together in the same room. That's a fate worse than hell, one that I personally would wish on those three! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-84783728929449350412012-09-26T10:52:26.573-07:002012-09-26T10:52:26.573-07:00You are correct though, Ana, that Blair is the onl...You are correct though, Ana, that Blair is the only Labour leader to win three elections in a row. Harold Wilson would have done the same had it not been for Heath's completely surprising victory in 1970. A victory that has cost us dearly ever since!<br />I agree with you, however, about David Cameron. Pity we can't send him and Blair - and Gordon Brown, for that matter - on a one-way trip in a spaceship.ekalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674221986390930109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68145653176844488432012-09-25T15:53:07.783-07:002012-09-25T15:53:07.783-07:00I'll clarify the point though. Thanks for thi...I'll clarify the point though. Thanks for this. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16314515699229382132012-09-25T15:52:12.515-07:002012-09-25T15:52:12.515-07:00Of course you are quite right, Ekalder, though his...Of course you are quite right, Ekalder, though his victories, apart from 1966, were rather limping. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-88324198449397315412012-09-25T15:39:31.078-07:002012-09-25T15:39:31.078-07:00I so agree, Richard! I so agree, Richard! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87649473049031403972012-09-25T15:38:42.963-07:002012-09-25T15:38:42.963-07:00WfW, good questions. The short answer is that we ...WfW, good questions. The short answer is that we only really have democracy, in the sense of politicians at least pretending to take account of the desires of the people, between the dissolution of one Parliament and the gathering of the next. <br /><br />Actually, do we have democracy at all; is it all not just some pointless political carnival? Even Westminster, the Mother of Parliaments, begins to look like an infant in a playpen, presided over by the nannies of Europe. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-25651522633469810832012-09-25T15:35:14.901-07:002012-09-25T15:35:14.901-07:00Blair's winning of three general elections was...Blair's winning of three general elections was 'an unprecedented record in the history of the Labour Party', was it? I seem to remember that Harold Wilson won four.ekalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674221986390930109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36430341993878333832012-09-25T15:32:19.419-07:002012-09-25T15:32:19.419-07:00All a bit too solid! All a bit too solid! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13150643983782996542012-09-25T15:31:58.106-07:002012-09-25T15:31:58.106-07:00Yes. There is really no more to say. Yes. There is really no more to say. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2929628996403641992012-09-25T10:16:51.581-07:002012-09-25T10:16:51.581-07:00Ana the man is vacuous. And as for May and her abj...Ana the man is vacuous. And as for May and her abject failure to get that awful hook bearing hater of England deported on time, she should be set in the stocks for a decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-37470469052578512962012-09-25T03:19:13.745-07:002012-09-25T03:19:13.745-07:00Could not agree more with your summation regarding...Could not agree more with your summation regarding Cameron; however, much as I did admire the Maggietollah I have to ask why, as a people, we allow ourselves to be dictated to by what even they themselves now consider is an elite section of our society.<br /><br />Why do we freely elect people who, between elections, can introduce whatever law they wish, even one not included in their manifesto? On the subject of the latter, why do we allow such loosely worded documents to be produced?<br /><br />Back to Cameron, who I have met quite a few times. He exhibits that characteristic so common with our politicians today in that he is able to present a 'front' that can be all things to all men. As for Boris Johnson and your apparent adulation - he is another present day politician and in that respect much like Cameron.<br /><br />Why do we accept a system of democracy, one riddled with so many defects, that where sovereignty of the people is concerned, said system is no longer fit for purpose?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-35965173161845527562012-09-24T18:41:02.884-07:002012-09-24T18:41:02.884-07:00Blancmange, semolia, tapioca, suet pudding, milkso...Blancmange, semolia, tapioca, suet pudding, milksops . . . these are the terms that leap to mind when contemplating Cameron.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30296402351659517562012-09-24T18:16:07.532-07:002012-09-24T18:16:07.532-07:00A poor excuse indeed. A poor excuse indeed. anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com