tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post2313442388615206429..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Frontier SpiritDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-75373526576728733842016-08-30T23:40:35.362+01:002016-08-30T23:40:35.362+01:00"There may be problems outside London, but we..."There may be problems outside London, but we can have no knowledge of them."<br /><br />RIP.<br /><br />Ho, hum. TTIP gone. World-changing stuff. Nothing desired specifically by the Tory and UKIP Leavers shows any sign of ever happening, however.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-11051152516720553432016-08-30T21:50:41.930+01:002016-08-30T21:50:41.930+01:00There's a South outside London? Who knew?
Yo...There's a South outside London? Who knew? <br /><br />You obviously work for the BBC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-7364029941009540362016-08-30T20:20:38.016+01:002016-08-30T20:20:38.016+01:00Certainly, the logic of the Major-hating Right'...Certainly, the logic of the Major-hating Right's position has always been Labour ought to have won the 1992 Election, while the logic of the Cameron hating Right's position has always been Labour ought to have won in one or both of 2010 and 2015.<br /><br />I have noticed this canonisation of the Old Labour vote, especially in the North, by everyone from Eric Pickles to UKIP, and now including Theresa May. That advantage needs to be pressed. As, indeed, it has been at and since the referendum. TTIP down, what next to go?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-74185733211912157572016-08-30T20:11:15.786+01:002016-08-30T20:11:15.786+01:00The South outside London largely voted Leave, but ...The South outside London largely voted Leave, but how many people is that? There's a South outside London? Who knew? And the Southern Leave vote seems to have got harder the more you got into areas that voted Lib Dem for MPs until last year and for councillors to this day.<br /><br />For what, about 10 years now, it has been assumed that the Old Labour North was the soul of England, purer and with a greater moral authority than the South. Everybody goes out of their way to say how much they want our votes as if they were worth more than anybody else's. That amounts to saying Labour should morally have won every election since well before the War.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-54270988026642520842016-08-30T16:56:28.598+01:002016-08-30T16:56:28.598+01:00Oh, at least. There is really an hour's worth ...Oh, at least. There is really an hour's worth of documentary here, if not more. I don't know whether he'd want to do it, but someone should. It could be called <i>The Northern Powerhouse</i>. We even got rid of the Prime Minister who had persecuted us, and put in one who wanted to implement the manifesto that we had voted for, although the South hadn't, a year before. How about that? Not bad going.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-68145371799020136062016-08-30T16:52:49.858+01:002016-08-30T16:52:49.858+01:00This is an amazing victory, isn't it? We got t...This is an amazing victory, isn't it? We got the Old Labour vote out to swing the referendum for Leave and it led to the abandonment of TTIP. The North of England shook the world. We saw the first sign of it on the night, when the Sunderland result rocked the exchange rate. Melvyn Bragg should make an extra episode of his radio series about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com