tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27940978.post386025068515448002..comments2023-09-06T14:14:33.459+01:00Comments on Postings from an edge: Tentative steps towards more regularityGlobalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12779291451531136166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27940978.post-5832902163217966162010-04-28T00:05:59.424+01:002010-04-28T00:05:59.424+01:00It is indeed a fair point. I've been sorely te...It is indeed a fair point. I've been sorely tempted to pass comment on the election, having found the narrative of this one much more engaging than on previous ones, but haven't felt I've had the space to do it justice. I'll have a pop at a brief nutshell comment or too here though.<br /><br />Yes, the Tories would have done exactly the same. Yes, the need to keep the Tories as far away from government as possible remains paramount. However, how long can one 'vote with a clothes peg on one's nose' (to paraphrase one of Polly Toynbee's 2005 election aphorisms) without utterly compromising one's own principles for voting?<br /><br />If we forever vote tactically rather than according to what we believe to be right, then we never get political representation that might actually reflect our views. It is a horrible quandry to be in for a 'progressive', but I personally can't find it in my heart to endorse representatives of that massive folly (Iraq) this time around. <br /><br />I guess that once the main front bench culprits that voted in favour have been purged, that might be sufficient 'punishment'. I wonder how many of them have actually spoken to an Iraqi about their feelings on the invasion?<br /><br />Afghanistan is, of course, another moral quagmire entirely, but history doesn't seem to be on the right side of any invading army of that place...Globalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12779291451531136166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27940978.post-48513708067119625212010-04-27T23:43:06.545+01:002010-04-27T23:43:06.545+01:00While I understand that people will have long memo...While I understand that people will have long memories with regard to Iraq, I can also see where Milliband is coming from. When would be the appropriate time to stop punishing Labour? 5 years, 10 years, 20 years?, especially as realistically the only alternative to Labour (albeit perhaps propped up by the Lib Dems) are the Tories who would have followed the US into war as well. It is my view that by far the most important issue in this election is the economy and I hope that whoever wins that argument will win the election - but I am guessing you will have something to say about that (the election) over the next week or so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com