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Comment on The Sun goes down on Cameron by Grace Fletcher-Hackwood

Grace Fletcher-Hackwood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:08:30 +0000

It seems to be a rather prevalent delusion.

Comment on The Sun goes down on Cameron by Dave Semple

Dave Semple — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:34:10 +0000

I hate the Sun as much as anyone. It’s a trashy right-wing tabloid. But this article is wank.

First of all, when a general election is called, the Sun will back the Tories. Second of all, ‘the Sun’ , like the rest of Britain, doesn’t ‘believe’ in Cameron’s Conservatives – which was why the headline was what it was. New Labour is shit. Period. If we lose the next election, that’s why – and the Sun is bang on that Labour’s lost it, not the Tories won it.

So enough of the nonsensical, half-assed editorializing about things which are pretty implicit in the headline.

Finally, of course the media has the power to influence things – and the Murdoch empire is no different. They don’t wield universal influence, but they can set the terms of the debate – and if you think for a moment that blogs combat the hegemony of the media you’re very deluded.

Comment on The Sun goes down on Cameron by Paul Garilao

Paul Garilao — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:32:48 +0000

Hello Grace,

This is a nice political blog. Especially, I only find few bloggers from Europe.

Hope to learn more from your views. Take care

Paul

Comment on What support really means by SOCIALIST UNITY » IS COMPULSORY SUPPORTED HOUSING FOR YOUNG PARENTS AND THEIR BABIES SUCH A BAD IDEA?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:36:14 +0000

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Comment on The Sun goes down on Cameron by tgpw

tgpw — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:12:06 +0000

Disgusting – True to form, the Dirty Digger is using his own trashy publications for his own supposed benefit. I can’t wait to read the detailed reporting of the Tories polices over the next few weeks….

Won’t happen though – this was just a nasty, pre-planned attack on Brown. Hopefully they’ll be made to eat their words next year.

Comment on The Sun goes down on Cameron by Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:16:34 +0000

Clearly an attempt to distract people from the goodness in Gordon’s speech.

If they really believed in Cameron then they’d be backing something he’d said instead of this daft attempt to undermine Labour.

Comment on What support really means by Paul

Paul — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:48:08 +0000

Grace

Good post.

I agree that the vagueness (and an undeniable pandering to rightwing sentiment) has sadly masked what’s good in these proposals. Our challenge now is to ensure that the substance behind the rhetoric is brought forward, and that the proposals are implemented in the best way (ie. without compulsion but with universal reach) and not in the way the right would have us beleive they should be implemented.

My take on it is at: http://tinyurl.com/y89uvc5 if you’re interested.

Comment on What support really means by Gordon Brown’s speech and the last chance saloon for Tom Harris « Though Cowards Flinch

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:35:57 +0000

[...] Grace Fletcher-Hackwood is correct to identify the proposals in Brown’s speech for ‘all 16 and 17 year olds who get support from the taxpayer’ as the most immediately controversial aspect of the speech, and of course it is at the centre of my comrade-in-blog Dave’s tirade earlier this evening, as well as getting an immediate makeover in troll-land to become the plan for ‘gulags for slags’. [...]

Comment on What support really means by Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:08 +0000

Don Paskini corrects the speech. (Hope this html works. Can't preview or delete it.)

Comment on What support really means by cjmckeon

cjmckeon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:30:37 +0000

Well argued. It’s important that we actually help families, and this will do it. Unlike the Tory proposals for marriage incentives (as if people will stay together for money…) or banning divorce (ridiculous).

We need to emphasise this too in order to counter the caricature of the left which suggests, as the horrible Philip Blond said in a fringe meeting yesterday, that we are opposed to the idea of families.

Anyway, well said.