On 25/04/17 11:00, bert wrote:
In article ,
newshound writes
On 4/23/2017 8:09 PM, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/04/2017 13:53, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

I also admire politicians who have genuine principles, for standing
up for what they believe in, and not bowing down to party and career
progression. There aren't anywhere near enough of them. People like
Corbyn, Blair, Tony Benn, Hilary Benn, Heseltine, Tebbit, Thatcher,
etc. That doesn't mean I support their views - I don't think anyone
could support all the above, but I respect them for being genuine
to their own beliefs.
Not sure how Blair got into that list... He always seemed incapable
of having an opinion until a focus group told him which one to have!

The Blair principle was that, unless you can actually get an elected
government, you really can't make significant changes to policy. And
it has to be said that the Blair governments put much-needed money
into the NHS.

Typical Labour. If you see a problem throw money at it.

Throw *someone elses* money at it.
And make sures your chums are there to catch it.

That's a sound principle. Shame the Tories are *so* much better at it.

And are we really so well off with shoot-from-the hip and highly
opinionated leaders like Boris and Trump? Or Corbyn, for that matter.



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