Monbiot on Hazel Blears

[bogeyman]

I don't often find myself applauding George Monbiot, but never have I read such a fine demolition of a serving politician.

The comments are priceless too.

As one commenter puts it: 'Hazel Blears - The Evil of Banalty'.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...george-monbiot

[PM-Junkie]

I don't often find myself applauding George Monbiot, but never have I read such a fine demolition of a serving politician.

The comments are priceless too.

As one commenter puts it: 'Hazel Blears - The Evil of Banalty'.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...george-monbiot

for a worrying moment there I thought the subject indicated an entirely different discussion

[Doggy Styles]

Blimey. Going by that, and the comments, new labour seem to have lost the Grauniad and its readers.

That is some achievement.

[bogeyman]

Blimey. Going by that, and the comments, new labour seem to have lost the Grauniad and its readers.

That is some achievement.

Quite.

I don't think the Grauniad (with the possible exception of that mad hypocrite Toynbee and the deluded Lady Michael White) want to go down with the sinking New Labour ship.

I think the readership turned some time ago.

[expat]

I don't often find myself applauding George Monbiot, but never have I read such a fine demolition of a serving politician.

The comments are priceless too.

As one commenter puts it: 'Hazel Blears - The Evil of Banalty'.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...george-monbiot

Either your principles, by some remarkable twists of fate, happen to have pre-empted every contradictory decision this government has taken, or you don't possess any.

**** me, that's as damning a judgement as I've ever heard in a single sentence.

[bogeyman]

**** me, that's as damning a judgement as I've ever heard in a single sentence.

Another commenter quoted Groucho Marx...

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others!"

[Cyberman]

Most politicians will follow the government line if they want to reach the highest office. Labour in general don't have principles. They simply do a poll, find out what is most popular at the time and make it policy. Commonsense or intelligent thought really does not enter the equation.

Thus we had declassification of cannabis, banning of foxhunting, unlimited immigration, appeasement of muslims, political correctness, unlimited credit for everybody etc etc.

[bogeyman]

Labour in general don't have principles. They simply do a poll, find out what is most popular at the time and make it policy.

Really? Who the hell are they polling then? Not the electorate I'll be bound.

I wonder who they polled to suggest we start an illegal war in Iraq.

[EternalOptimist]

I wonder who they polled to suggest we start an illegal war in Iraq.

that was George W Bush. they polled the idiot in a one man one vote meeting

[EternalOptimist]

Do you know what I really like. I like the way this government have been bringing in loads of retrospective legislation. Wouldn't it be nice to see a future administration make it illegal, retrospectively, to be a toadying hypocrite.
crime number one, penalty - death. nature of crime - being a one eyed Scottish idiot