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SeanQuinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-05 10:58 PM Original message |
Hi from the States. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's what it was in 1997, but things are more muddled now |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. As an example of the muddle - a retiring Labour MP has become a Lib Dem |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 04:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So why leave to join another party which supported the war ... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Because the 'you broke it, you fix it' principle applies |
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ben_packard (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 03:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well summed up. NT |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. It used to be like that |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 07:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes, I saw the C4 programme |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. US and UK parties |
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ianrs (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. didn't see it |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I thought he was quite reasonable in it |
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Guy_Montag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I felt he was quite reasonable in it too, |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Agreed, |
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D-Notice (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It wasn't just him they tried to keep away |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 06:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Ah yes |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The Tories were 4.9% behind the Lib Dems in my seat |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I would have thought that... |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. There used to be a time, |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. There is as well an emerging right |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I wouldn't call the S.N.P. right-wing |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 05:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thanks for correcting |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 06:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I think you're right about the make-up of the SNP |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "Socialism and nationalism are incompatible" |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. They're incompatible in theory certainly |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I don't see how true socialists can help unleash nationalist sentiment |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Tax raising powers |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-05 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's all pretty complicated! |
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