As a coal miners son, starting work aged 16, underground in 1956, at a West Yorkshire pit, I well know those times and attitudes. NCB - it stood for "no cun-s bothered".
No one needed to care - it was all taken care of by the all-seeing all-knowing labour government.
Now we have another such government. And we'll end up the same way. Broke and disillusioned. We're just about there now and no amount of Mancunianism will correct it. It'll only make it worse.
Say what you like about Nigel - he could not possibly make a worse job of PM and Government than the present occupants of the last two remaining loony bins in UK - Westminster and Number 10.
So good about postliberal sentiment on those lovely years before '97. I used - here goes - to be an SDP supporter and even went to their 2022 conference in Manc; as I went to the morning's event, I saw quite a good-value 09:45 alco-fight outside the old central station and now jabber joint. The late Peter Whittle passed me in a corridor, looking cross, and Roderick Liddle showed off his blue-white hair. There was some glossy chuntering about Aberfan era socialism from that retd civil service bloke in charge of them. I just thought, Where's the money coming from? And did not go back after lunch. It was a very nice place for Uranianism 45 years ago and I love the Ryland's Library. But it is a horrible metaphor for Britain's future.
What is meant by Uranianism? Google suggests one meaning but I don’t want to jump to conclusions.
The SDP are still fielding candidates so they’re getting money for election deposits from somewhere aren’t they? Probably not for much longer but who knows really.
Urianianism is bumming, CC; bit of an in-joke since the Uranians were rather unlike modern homosexual men. (C)anal Street, all that. And I wasn’t clear about money: I meant that none of these socio-sentimentalists mention paying for their communitarian dreams. The SDP’s finances are none of my concern. Dreadful party: the Secretary - she lived in Brighton, which surprised me somewhat - read out some motion confusing psychotherapist with physiotherapist. There was an immensely embarrassing rant by someone who had been taken to the cleaners by his ex-wife. None of it was proper politics.
Excellent article.
As a coal miners son, starting work aged 16, underground in 1956, at a West Yorkshire pit, I well know those times and attitudes. NCB - it stood for "no cun-s bothered".
No one needed to care - it was all taken care of by the all-seeing all-knowing labour government.
Now we have another such government. And we'll end up the same way. Broke and disillusioned. We're just about there now and no amount of Mancunianism will correct it. It'll only make it worse.
Say what you like about Nigel - he could not possibly make a worse job of PM and Government than the present occupants of the last two remaining loony bins in UK - Westminster and Number 10.
So good about postliberal sentiment on those lovely years before '97. I used - here goes - to be an SDP supporter and even went to their 2022 conference in Manc; as I went to the morning's event, I saw quite a good-value 09:45 alco-fight outside the old central station and now jabber joint. The late Peter Whittle passed me in a corridor, looking cross, and Roderick Liddle showed off his blue-white hair. There was some glossy chuntering about Aberfan era socialism from that retd civil service bloke in charge of them. I just thought, Where's the money coming from? And did not go back after lunch. It was a very nice place for Uranianism 45 years ago and I love the Ryland's Library. But it is a horrible metaphor for Britain's future.
The SDP’s recent green paper “The Investment Economy” is crystal clear about where the money comes from
What is meant by Uranianism? Google suggests one meaning but I don’t want to jump to conclusions.
The SDP are still fielding candidates so they’re getting money for election deposits from somewhere aren’t they? Probably not for much longer but who knows really.
Urianianism is bumming, CC; bit of an in-joke since the Uranians were rather unlike modern homosexual men. (C)anal Street, all that. And I wasn’t clear about money: I meant that none of these socio-sentimentalists mention paying for their communitarian dreams. The SDP’s finances are none of my concern. Dreadful party: the Secretary - she lived in Brighton, which surprised me somewhat - read out some motion confusing psychotherapist with physiotherapist. There was an immensely embarrassing rant by someone who had been taken to the cleaners by his ex-wife. None of it was proper politics.
Nice to see The Marquis credited :)
Wonderful piece of writing. Thank you.
Good piece but much too long.
Paid by the yard.
Not to mention the cover-up of the Pakistani White-Working-Class Girl Rape industry
An avalache that might bury homunculus Farage, God willing! 😊
You mean Inshallah?