tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post7447484999119309020..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Saluting the European Commission on 31 JanuaryDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-51420402934849068682020-03-05T12:21:01.079+00:002020-03-05T12:21:01.079+00:00Who asked the question? There are plenty of others...Who asked the question? There are plenty of others here to review afresh. But yes.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53048926743296940422020-03-05T10:18:09.755+00:002020-03-05T10:18:09.755+00:00The answer is that whether here or in the States t...The answer is that whether here or in the States the electorate in general should not be asked to decide on leaders or policies. Voters should elect representatives - members of Parliament in our case - who should not be restrained by their local party faithful ( see Edmund Burke). Then we avoid both the demagogues which Attlee warned us about and the concentration of power in tiny groups of the party activists. Our system was prostituted on both counts on the Brexit question. I am afraid that the US constitution is irredeemably incorrect on both counts.David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-64253812167220359452020-03-04T08:07:52.274+00:002020-03-04T08:07:52.274+00:00The 'heart vs head' muddle gained traction...The 'heart vs head' muddle gained traction during the Referendum, when people's 'hearts' were manipulated by the lying press, and it was as if there couldn't possibly be a marriage of thinking and feeling when it came to Brexit. People are very confused these days, and without profound psychological examination, I don't entirely understand why it should be worse than it was before. Above all, when you see a leader behaving abominably, your choice should be clear. But no, voters hated Corbyn - again, partly due to media manipulation - than they did the total liar and cheat Borump, just as in America they have a morbid fear of 'socialism' above the total destructin of the country.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-86897587704213419372020-03-03T22:35:44.449+00:002020-03-03T22:35:44.449+00:00To your very justified puzzlement, there are thous...To your very justified puzzlement, there are thousands of theories, but it all really boils down to fear, which is leading voters, including a huge number who KNOW Warren is best suited to our times, to make exceedingly bad decisions. Our primary process is a disaster to begin with, and this time around, fear, in the wake of the 2016 outcome and all that has ensued since, is an extraordinary driver, fueled by highly dubious poll-driven pundit narratives on the great unknowable of electability. It’s “amusing” to read of people grappling endlessly, then deciding on Warren because they went "with their hearts instead of their heads" (by the latter of which(!) they mean they should have chosen Biden or Bernie. Ironically, these two, using my head, as it were, are among our very weakest choices when it comes to electability—let us hope not disastrously so. That sort of says it all to me about the perilous upside-down state of American voter “logic.”<br /><br />I have not seen that photo, but yes, if we can only manage not to foul things up completely, they are our hope.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-67252488251642199092020-03-02T08:42:21.986+00:002020-03-02T08:42:21.986+00:00I know - I have consistently been asking, on Linke...I know - I have consistently been asking, on LinkedIn, why Warren isn't doing better. She would HAVE to be a wiser choice than Sanders, and stands for so many of the same things, yet she's constantly set up as being opposed to him. I'd vote for her if I could.<br /><br />Did you see that marvellous photo of Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai - now a poised young woman - together at Oxford? That, too, gave me hope.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-443929402487454882020-03-02T00:34:24.186+00:002020-03-02T00:34:24.186+00:00Only 25! It gives one hope, despite it all. Yes, o...Only 25! It gives one hope, despite it all. Yes, over here, it's beyond one's worst imagining. And among many tragic things is we have in Warren a strong leader who has put out an extensive, intelligent proposal for exactly what should be done. Yet the press drowns her out in favor of "horserace" nonsense. Still, as we say here, we persist.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-24452444247473758192020-03-01T09:20:36.284+00:002020-03-01T09:20:36.284+00:00And thank, you, Sue. #EUsupergirl is so creative -...And thank, you, Sue. #EUsupergirl is so creative - only 25! Anything may happen now; we just watch the Toronic invasion dig itself into ever deeper holes; events may well overwhelm it. Meanwhile, we look on aghast as your (as in America's, not your own) Horror Clown kills people wih his coronavirus nonsense.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-42559385248914877242020-02-29T22:30:32.967+00:002020-02-29T22:30:32.967+00:00Thank you for this report, so very much. That'...Thank you for this report, so very much. That's a wonderful photo of the cape to head it off. Your comments to the press were spot on, so bravo. With hope for better times ahead, dark as it seems right now . . .Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-37869316938650154192020-02-29T08:43:56.264+00:002020-02-29T08:43:56.264+00:00A Euro Cafe sounds like a great idea. Partner has ...A Euro Cafe sounds like a great idea. Partner has launched at least the name of House of European Art (HEArt), and several inititiaves including the Hubert Butler Essay Prize, coming up for its third year. The question remains, though, whether there will still be culture coming out of Europe House now that the Brussels-sent delegation is in place.<br /><br />No criticism of your songs, just observing more or less what you say - that things move so fast, we may even be a little bit nostalgic for Mayhem days. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-51932535196133197822020-02-29T07:51:18.163+00:002020-02-29T07:51:18.163+00:00We are joining Kent together at the moment David p...We are joining Kent together at the moment David plus working on the verticals by meeting the European Movement. A friend wants to start a Euro Cafe in North London if you know anyone who may wish to help. <br /><br />By the way, I sense you may have only caught my Chas and Dave Cockney Brexit kneesup. I adapted most of the others and my talks between to the Johnson problem. The trouble with writing satire based on current affairs is of course that current affairs move so fast these days such that locating anything in the "here and now" is potentially problematic.<br /><br />Some of the songs performed are available on The Brexit Party Album - the party album to end all parties !! :-) https://academy-of-rock.bandcamp.com/album/now-the-brexit-party-albumPeter Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01645716374242755943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-25556967355368735442020-02-28T08:30:42.422+00:002020-02-28T08:30:42.422+00:00Congratulations, Peter - that's the best-argue...Congratulations, Peter - that's the best-argued essay I've read on where we are now and what to do next. We are going to have to band together better than the Remain groups did before 31 January (though the million-strong marches were no mean achievement). And I love the term 'grassroots' - it's parallel to the 'political rewilding' I've been discussing with Good Chance, the theatre group for refugees: http://davidnice.blogspot.com/2019/12/good-chance-conviviality-in-dalston.htmlDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-17196595573707425852020-02-27T22:28:48.319+00:002020-02-27T22:28:48.319+00:00Thanks for taking the trouble to post this chronic...Thanks for taking the trouble to post this chronicle David. We continue and Grassroots for Europe have published a strategy paper for comment - see https://grassrootsforeurope.org/2020/02/21/brexit-futures-preparing-to-change-the-gamePeter Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01645716374242755943noreply@blogger.com