Links tagged with “conservatives”
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Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Tories
Even having lived through this mess, it’s shocking to read how badly successive Tory governments have screwed the country.
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David Runciman reviews ‘Theresa May’ by Rosa Prince · LRB 16 March 2017
I haven’t had much of a sense of what May is about, what makes her tick. This article seems to have an interesting set of ideas about it.
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Boris Johnson: brilliant, warm, funny – and totally unfit to be PM | Max Hastings | Comment is free | The Guardian
I did like Hastings’ article on Johnson. Although it doesn’t exactly hold out hope for there being any better politicians either.
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‘Militant secularisation’ taking hold of British society, says Lady Warsi | World news | The Guardian
When an absence of something — a null-state, no religion, an appreciation of the world as it actually is — is branded as “militant secularisation”, you’re being a little crazy. I wouldn’t say you were a “religious extremist” but, well, you know.
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LRB · Ross McKibbin · Nothing to do with the economy
On the cuts. The bigger the cuts, the more it makes the economy seem in more trouble than it is, and this in turn makes the previous Labour government look more incompetent. Also, the Liberals as a friendly fig leaf hiding the Tories’ extreme ideas. Fuckers.
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Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty | Mother Jones
Fascinating to read about the “tea party-isation” of the Republican party, with more reasonable office-holders running scared. Scary, but fascinating. (via Daring Fireball)
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Massive Censorship Of Digg Uncovered « OOO
Fascinating look at a group of conservative Digg members who vote down Digg stories they disagree with. A few years ago this would be science fiction. (via Waxy)
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The voices of liberty have triumphed and Britain is better for it | Henry Porter | Comment is free | The Observer
I feel pleasantly confused about being relieved at the death of a Labour government and the repeal of some of their laws. (via Chrisdodo)