Expounder

Originally Posted by Expounder

If the Tories win, News International will have a government that feels in it's debt. Murdoch is now becoming Britain's greatest threat to democracy. An example of the kind of attitude the Murdochs to have towards have to an investigation into the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World by a parliamentary committee was by saying the committee formed some kind of conspiracy.

The Murdochs are on a crusade to to establish themselves as absolute the king makers of who rules Britain by virtue of their media power.

The relationship Between Cameron and the Murdochs has gone much further than the relationship between Murdoch and Blair as both of their ideologies coalesce.

Read the links:



Rupert Murdoch's hunger for power is a threat to democracy | Henry Porter | Comment is free | The Observer

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Originally Posted by Expounder

I agree Labour/Tory policies are overlapping and as far as I'm concerned this has to come to an end. Blair saw the only way Labour was going to regain power was a move to the right and the main act that confirmed this was the exclusion of clause 4 from Labour's constitution. Most Labour people desperate to defeat the Tories went along with this after years of Thatcherism. Whether anyone liked it or not Blair was popular the evidence of this was another two clear election victories with the Tories in the doldrums. We were on a roller coaster ride.

What we didn't expect was the aggressive manner in which Thatchers policies were followed. With Blair so popular and unseatable and unstoppable, we went on a capitalist white knuckle roller coaster ride which ended as all capitalist

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Originally Posted by Expounder

Get off your Tory high horse major, the polls are not looking so good now so enter the real Tory dirty tricks dept. Andrew Rawnsley's no names no pack drill tombe, based on tittle tattle hearsay from No.10 which he hopes will make him a lot of money by jumping on the "malign Brown" band wagon, has been seized on by the Tories to put the boot in. They have no policies worth mentioning so it's back to character assassination.Sadly for you and "bully" for Labour your petty little plan has again like the rest badly backfired.

Publicity seeking Christine Pratt, whose office National Bullying Helpline which is conveniently sited next door to Swindon's Tory H.Q. decided to put in her two pennyworth and was herself accused of bullying by the Japanese firm Sanden.

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Originally Posted by Expounder

The link below is worth a read as it deals with Cameron's latest conversion to extolling the virtues of the Co-op movement on the road to Damascus [ i.e. power]. Co-operatives are an integral part of the labour movement, worker co-operation could be described as a form of socialism but I'm sure this is far from what is on David Cameron's mind when he floats the idea.

As a friend of mine commented " David Cameron and the Tories wouldn't recognise a co-operative if it crept up on them and bit them on their arses." I doubt if Cameron will be following up on this idea for any of the companies in the private sector as it lacks one essential for them - the ability of companies to make profits out of workers labour power.

Notably, Co-operatives are self reliant

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Originally Posted by Expounder

The link below is worth a read as it deals with Cameron's latest conversion to extolling the virtues of the Co-op movement on the road to Damascus [ i.e. power]. Co-operatives are an integral part of the labour movement, worker co-operation could be described as a form of socialism but I'm sure this is far from what is on David Cameron's mind when he floats the idea.

As a friend of mine commented " David Cameron and the Tories wouldn't recognise a co-operative if it crept up on them and bit them on their arses." I doubt if Cameron will be following up on this idea for any of the companies in the private sector as it lacks one essential for them - the ability of companies to make profits out of workers labour power.

Notably, Co-operatives are self reliant

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