tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5691983730343463828..comments2024-03-29T14:09:49.674+00:00Comments on Liberal England: House Points: We should enjoy being in governmentJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-20802675972500718712010-08-02T19:29:48.218+01:002010-08-02T19:29:48.218+01:00Do not underestimate the fun of annoying Labour tr...Do not underestimate the fun of annoying Labour trolls who cannot even get my name right.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-84424013312173932222010-08-02T11:12:42.821+01:002010-08-02T11:12:42.821+01:00yes john, enjoy being used a a fig leaf for the mo...yes john, enjoy being used a a fig leaf for the most devastating and economically unnecessary cuts to the state since, well, ever! enjoy the privatisation of the NHS! enjoy the setting up of free schools outside of local authority control! enjoy the spitroasting on AV both parties are giving us! At least we have the abolition of ID cards (Tory policy anyway), an elected second chamber (Tory policy anyway) and the abolition of the Sustainable Development Commission! And at the end of it all, let's revel in 13% opinion poll ratings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-85985798205630394112010-07-31T11:46:22.975+01:002010-07-31T11:46:22.975+01:00Another way to put this is that Labour are now the...Another way to put this is that Labour are now the Opposition. Part of the job of government is to oppose the Opposition. And you won't get to be the real big political cheeses unless you do oppose them and provide a credible alternative: othrwise, why should voters vote for you rather than them?It doesn't add up...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-62467317021809897942010-07-31T11:39:11.338+01:002010-07-31T11:39:11.338+01:00Thanks for saying this. I hope people listen, too...Thanks for saying this. I hope people listen, too much bellicose (!)handwringing from some quarters. When I suggested on LDV that I wanted to Liberal Democrats in government enjoying themselves I was shot down by the Cromwellian tendency, who thought that that would look smug. Blimey, no satisfying some people.<br /><br />The idea that government was meant to be difficult, particularly in the aftermath of an economic meltdown, just seems beyond some Lib Dems. And they seem far too sensitive to all the howls of mock outrage from Labour, rather than just telling the rattle and scarf mob where to get off.<br /><br />(Paul McKeown)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com