tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2825355866311304815..comments2024-03-28T10:25:19.628+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The fiercest reformersA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-29993385052611042342012-06-30T17:08:31.052+01:002012-06-30T17:08:31.052+01:00Sam - I came across lots of Marxist firebrands too...Sam - I came across lots of Marxist firebrands too. Where are they now though? The public sector at a guess.<br /><br />Why Clegg is so hateful I don't know, but there's something a little disturbing about the guy in my view.<br /><br />Woodsy - yes, I think his use of faire must be closely linked to the French. Maybe it was a fashionable phrase at the time. <br /><br />Demetrius - they haven't and this lack of understanding is crucially important as you often remind us. <br /><br />We are electing people who do not understand their role and allow themselves to be told what it is by vested interests.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-84555021256907013432012-06-30T12:53:21.950+01:002012-06-30T12:53:21.950+01:00Blair, Brown etc. were people of the 1970's. ...Blair, Brown etc. were people of the 1970's. Cameron and Clegg are people of the 1980's. They are all yesterdays people. The changes are that extensive and fundamental. They haven't yet either realised or understood any of it.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-48899834620512454612012-06-30T11:35:03.000+01:002012-06-30T11:35:03.000+01:00I think faire meant something slightly different i...I think faire meant something slightly different in his day did it not?<br />More directly related to the French meaning perhaps - to do or make.<br />Substituting 'made to' would appear to make more sense.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-39980771710787981892012-06-30T11:34:03.898+01:002012-06-30T11:34:03.898+01:00All very true, AKH.
I went to a university with a...All very true, AKH.<br /><br />I went to a university with a reputation for student radicalism, and it often amuses me to see where some of the politico tossers have ended up. One Marxist firebrand who spouted dialectics popped up as the personal finance editor on a national newspaper a few years ago.<br /><br />Another note about images. That picture of Clegg rouses real anger in me; there is something truly hateful and despicable in him, isn't there? But Cameron does not have this effect. He just comes across as a posh twat who thinks he is born to rule, etc. I feel no more visceral hatred than when I look at old photos of Macmillan, or a painting of Palmerston.<br /><br />What <i>is</i> it with Clegg?Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com