tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post988215132881449758..comments2024-03-28T18:41:31.221+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Welcome In The Hillsides?David Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-68589754557971831742010-03-31T21:17:48.058+01:002010-03-31T21:17:48.058+01:00"Sheridan's politics and style were obvio..."Sheridan's politics and style were obviously influenced by his cultural Catholicism"? How, exactly?<br /><br />I am just saying that someone who moved in those sorts of circles at least until January of this year would once have made an odd recruit to the Tories. But not any more, apparently.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-51261987131725544412010-03-31T13:49:18.522+01:002010-03-31T13:49:18.522+01:00As much as I dislike Trotskyists, I am not sure yo...As much as I dislike Trotskyists, I am not sure you are immediately suspect just for having been associated with Tommy Sheridan. Look at the Scottish party system of the early 2000s:<br /><br />-Tories (largely moderate and socially liberal, pro-war)<br />-Labour (corrupt, effectively centre-right, pro-war)<br />-Lib Dem (less socialist than the national party)<br />-SNP (led at the time by Sweeney, lame, Third Way-ish)<br />-Greens (decent chap as leader but libertine)<br />-SSP (full of loud feminists and social libertarians, but most correct on the issues)<br /><br />Sheridan's politics and style were obviously influenced by his cultural Catholicism. Why is being formerly his ally worse than being formerly associated with Thatcher or Tatchell or the Liberals who brought you abortion?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573214747452132277noreply@blogger.com