Re: Blair and his left-wing agenda : Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:25 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

There are differences in approach between the two parties but as Gary pointed out they are no way as distinct as they were when Foot and Thatcher were in charge of their respected parties.

Whenever labour have got in power the cost of running the state increases significantly - that definitely happened under Blair. Also government control of what is acceptable behaviour increases e.g. removal of competition at school, the concealment of government information i.e. we know better than you how to run your life. These are subtle differences but they are not part of a neo-liberal ideology, state control/interference is a sad side effect of left wing ideology.

State control is a sad side effect of politics, full stop, no party has the monopoly on legislation to control interference in their affairs, the Lobbying Bill being just the latest example.

Re: Blair and his left-wing agenda : Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:03 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

State control is a sad side effect of politics, full stop, no party has the monopoly on legislation to control interference in their affairs, the Lobbying Bill being just the latest example.

Agreed but you get more of it in the UK the further left the leanings of the government.

Re: Blair and his left-wing agenda : Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:53 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Agreed but you get more of it in the UK the further left the leanings of the government.

Remind me: which party has brought forward 'porn wall', which also includes 'esoteric' websites and 'forums'.