tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post7691999483101242101..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: No such thing as true Tories, no such thing as true Labour - no such things exist anymoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2480879278240525272021-09-16T07:00:34.959-07:002021-09-16T07:00:34.959-07:00What will you do without Mutti? Germany has been v...What will you do without Mutti? Germany has been very Green for a long time, even if the politicians are not. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52108191491678128982021-09-16T05:13:51.046-07:002021-09-16T05:13:51.046-07:00In Germany we soon have elections and a lot of peo...In Germany we soon have elections and a lot of people are really not knowing whom to vote. All politicians suddenly discovered "climate" (- am for saving that, it is high time - but I do not believe that they do really care - or use the right way. (Not that I am an expert - but some things are really contra-productive). <br />As a big England fan I am sad about all the difficulties in economy now. <br />And yes: I was very surprised when some very (!) modest houses in Clapham were said to be "worth" more than a million now. (Though here in Germany prices for houses or apartments also go through the roof, and in the Netherlands too). <br />Not much fun to be young at the moment, I fear. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30549615471709663222021-09-15T13:36:25.873-07:002021-09-15T13:36:25.873-07:00When people I know who voted to leave are complain...When people I know who voted to leave are complaining about paying twice or three times as much as last year for their fruit and veg I shall remind them that this is what their vote got them. They were warned. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90810770982838208582021-09-15T13:31:37.811-07:002021-09-15T13:31:37.811-07:00My parents bought their tiny little council house ...My parents bought their tiny little council house back then and it was genuinely the only way they could ever have afforded to own their own home. The small amount of wealth created from its increase in value over the years is now rapidly dwindling to pay for my father's care and accommodation in his old age. I have very mixed feelings about all of it.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50909020983630727002021-09-15T13:02:45.771-07:002021-09-15T13:02:45.771-07:00This is beyond politics - if anything can truly be...This is beyond politics - if anything can truly be that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64652038128304111612021-09-15T09:23:31.976-07:002021-09-15T09:23:31.976-07:00Any time there's a huge shift, there's a b...Any time there's a huge shift, there's a bit of upheaval, and seemingly, those who will exploit that for their own selfish motives.<br /><br />Like Weaver, I also eschew being political, but must agree with you both.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86467589908214310032021-09-14T14:43:04.076-07:002021-09-14T14:43:04.076-07:00I think any extremists will do anything they can t...I think any extremists will do anything they can to exploit prevalent conditions, but the extreme left seem to go for it when things are good for what they perceive to be the wealthy and privileged. Both faction's rally cry is 'unity' in the face of a 'common enemy', but both use the same social tactics to further their cause. The right conditions for life on this planet are very fine and precarious, and the right conditions for a peaceful life are even more delicately balanced. Goldilocks had a lot to answer for when she was picky about whose porridge she stole.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-48990652403572808232021-09-14T13:21:14.520-07:002021-09-14T13:21:14.520-07:00And you can see that in so many places.
That is di...And you can see that in so many places.<br />That is disturbinggzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2154527905032870642021-09-14T11:25:33.578-07:002021-09-14T11:25:33.578-07:00A new party or a different system, but now is not ...A new party or a different system, but now is not the time I think. When things go wrong in society, the far-right rise. They depend on disunity and they exploit disharmony.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46316883784843991592021-09-14T07:31:57.579-07:002021-09-14T07:31:57.579-07:00Some in the US feel a new party is required. I ag...Some in the US feel a new party is required. I agree that things will get worse before they get better. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65146060969424899782021-09-14T04:34:00.060-07:002021-09-14T04:34:00.060-07:00Scotland want to exacerbate the problem by creatin...Scotland want to exacerbate the problem by creating another border for themselves and making bonded deliveries go through two sets of controls rather than one. I don't believe this is the time to be trading conflicting ideologies by voting Green. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-59409858177631967402021-09-14T02:16:56.451-07:002021-09-14T02:16:56.451-07:00I think we have just to wait for this particular g...I think we have just to wait for this particular graph to go down. Pricing people out of housing is a sin but it is up to presumably the middle class to recognise what they are doing and vote OUT as far as tories being in power. Agree completely that labour doesn't hold any promise of a brighter future. I always throw my vote away by voting Green and they seem to have made it in Scotland.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-39433442318290046282021-09-14T02:00:46.365-07:002021-09-14T02:00:46.365-07:00Failing a miracle, it has to get a lot worse befor...Failing a miracle, it has to get a lot worse before it gets any better.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-72771850195760754512021-09-14T01:57:42.588-07:002021-09-14T01:57:42.588-07:00It is the irreversible and inevitable decline whic...It is the irreversible and inevitable decline which makes me so depressed. It isn't even a matter of politics anymore, it is a matter of surviving the politicians. There was a soft fruit farmer on the radio this morning saying that she tried offering 90 jobs to local people, and only 3 were anywhere near qualified to do them. She got special dispensation to employ Eastern Europeans but is still 30 short of a viable workforce. She said that policies made in her sector were ideological now, and not pragmatical. So a lot of her produce will rot in the field, a lot more will never be delivered in time and the price of the stuff which does make it into the shops will double as a result. Nobody wins.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82503796743330582662021-09-14T01:49:02.750-07:002021-09-14T01:49:02.750-07:00When creating the right to buy your own council ho...When creating the right to buy your own council house, M. Thatcher destroyed affordable housing for the young. Who could not resist the temptation to make a lot of money overnight by buying social housing on the cheap? I know of one person only who refused to go along with it. Now even renting is unaffordable for many young people. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40223618124933325452021-09-14T01:10:36.050-07:002021-09-14T01:10:36.050-07:00The housing market is the source of many of our pr...The housing market is the source of many of our problems. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26588267635095769572021-09-13T23:34:41.985-07:002021-09-13T23:34:41.985-07:00At the risk of being political - which I promised ...At the risk of being political - which I promised some time ago never to be - I feel more or less the same as you Tom.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30785371212473574422021-09-13T18:51:24.530-07:002021-09-13T18:51:24.530-07:00Of late, Tom, I have said I'm pleased I will b...Of late, Tom, I have said I'm pleased I will be dead before Social Security money runs out in 2034. I am pleased that I have contributed far less to my country's decline than the average citizen.<br />On the other hand, there has to be a resolution, a return to equilibrium, a recognition that we all are in this together. If I knew what to do, I'd do it. I don't know. And so, it's to bed and let smarter people figure it out.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.com