tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5414430073306143952..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Richard Rorty explains why the Conservatives will not be forgivenJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-13125593246928323232020-05-28T15:06:04.839+01:002020-05-28T15:06:04.839+01:00Oops! It shows how many people read these comments...Oops! It shows how many people read these comments that nobody spotted that I had confused Jenny Wllott with her mum.<br />Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-69217169592067772842020-05-27T14:42:56.772+01:002020-05-27T14:42:56.772+01:00There's an interesting Guardian link which pro...There's an interesting Guardian link which provides after thought.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/27/dominic-cummings-data<br /><br />Cummings logic is flawed because The Data (what people think) is constantly changing, and The Observer, Cummings, has swirled it all around and become part of it. <br /><br />Cummings has pushed emotions at his election campaigns. Can he pull a reputation uphill?Phil Beesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442987962398498812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-49040419643197690662020-05-27T13:43:28.457+01:002020-05-27T13:43:28.457+01:00the Liberal Democrats alienated young voters when ...<i> the Liberal Democrats alienated young voters when they reversed their policy on university tuition fees.</i><br /><br />Freezing tuition fees was a personal pledge dreamed up by the NUS which Clegg's election campaign (shame on them) advised all Lib Dem candidates to sign. Clegg and the payroll vote* ratted on it once in power (against the advice of the rest of the parliamentary party and even some Conservatives) for reasons still unknown. The effect was to besmirch the whole party, not helped by the fact that we had no effective separate PR unit until far too late in the coalition.<br /><br />*with the honourable exception of Alison Willott, who Clegg had sacked as a result.<br />Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com