tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post3425552125025572974..comments2024-03-29T10:44:12.904+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Dress SenseDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-73989170358965759942016-08-26T22:35:23.137+01:002016-08-26T22:35:23.137+01:00The Tories tried it first. And they have never giv...The Tories tried it first. And they have never given up on the idea. In fact, it has "Theresa May" written all over it.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-23157643843179674672016-08-26T17:01:55.574+01:002016-08-26T17:01:55.574+01:00The British would just never do something like thi...The British would just never do something like this.<br /><br />The state telling people what to wear is very French.<br /><br />As Orwell said, some things that are possible in one country are just not possible in another.<br /><br />The June purges could never have happened in Britain was the example he gave.<br /><br />A state ban on a certain style of dress is another.<br /><br />Compulsory national ID cards, commonplace for centuries in France since Napoleon, also could never happen here. <br /><br />Labour tried it but had to retreat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-62538202663743191602016-08-24T22:31:44.384+01:002016-08-24T22:31:44.384+01:00It did used to be UKIP policy, but who knows or ca...It did used to be UKIP policy, but who knows or cares whether it still is? It turns out that Carswell helped his former party to beat Farage, and that, while Farage will be in the room at Trump's rally in Mississippi, no one on Trump's staff has ever heard of him.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-60351798216072111802016-08-24T22:21:47.944+01:002016-08-24T22:21:47.944+01:00Your mate George Galloway wants everybody in Franc...Your mate George Galloway wants everybody in France to go down to the beach in a burkini.<br /><br />Didn't banning Islamic dress for women used to be Ukip policy? Maybe it still is? The people criticising this on the right wing sites would cheer until they wet themselves if this was suggested by Nigel Farage or Donald Trump at least on of whom has suggested it in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com