The Liberal Dissenter reminds me of a Mark Oaten quote in 2001: According to Oaten, the Lib Dems lack the symbolic dragons that Labour leaders have in the past found useful to slay… “We haven’t got a Clause Four, Militants or rot at the core of the party,” he says. “Oddly enough, if we did… Continue reading Militant tendency
Month: January 2006
Telling stories
I’ve more or less given up on my attempt to blog the Meeting the Challenge paper – I found it too rigid a structure around which to frame my thoughts. But I did get stirred up by the plenary session at yesterday’s conference about narrative (more about which you can read here). In short, I… Continue reading Telling stories
Nick Cohen – a terribly confused chap
Nick’s going off on one about the eeevil liberal media again and their Galloway fellating ways. I’ve said this before and since he shows no sign of shutting up, I’m sure I’ll say it again, but who are all these people writing nice pieces about George Galloway? Sure, there is Tariq Ali and John Pilger… Continue reading Nick Cohen – a terribly confused chap