tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post116510532991009797..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Thinking woman's crumpet beaten in CanadaJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165144026248536052006-12-03T11:07:00.000+00:002006-12-03T11:07:00.000+00:00A word of explanation to our Canadian readers...Mi...A word of explanation to our Canadian readers...<BR/><BR/>Michael Ignatieff was well known as an arts broadcaster on British television in the 1980s.<BR/><BR/>Joan Bakewell, who did much the same job in the 1960s, was sometimes called "the thinking man's crumpet".Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165141352656373382006-12-03T10:22:00.000+00:002006-12-03T10:22:00.000+00:00Both of them seemed like good candidates, but eith...Both of them seemed like good candidates, but either way let's hope the Liberals get in next time round.Mkzrjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365575991297022142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165136389601890252006-12-03T08:59:00.000+00:002006-12-03T08:59:00.000+00:00Interesting reading on the subject at Canadian Lib...Interesting reading on the subject at <A HREF="http://www.liblogs.ca/" REL="nofollow">Canadian Liberal blogs</A>Martin Todhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401659800580964546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165113434011154642006-12-03T02:37:00.000+00:002006-12-03T02:37:00.000+00:00It might look like the thinking person's liberal c...It might look like the thinking person's liberal candidate lost, but Dion himself had an academic career and has published on the great 19th Century liberal Alexis de Tocqueville (quoted by J.S. Mill in 'On Liberty' who also published a long book review of Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America'). References to Tocqueville appear in some of Dion's political speeches. I've put some relevant links on a website I help run, www.factsandideas.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165106275716088292006-12-03T00:37:00.000+00:002006-12-03T00:37:00.000+00:00Good. The Liberals will undoubtedly form the next ...Good. The Liberals will undoubtedly form the next govt. One neocon-loving PM is enough, without a second one. I am glad the Ig lost.Larry Gambonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965037776214596919noreply@blogger.com