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Comment on Why are Labour MPs letting ‘Open Europe’ set the anti-Europe agenda? by Jim Denham

Jim Denham — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:49:08 +0000

The anti-Europe campaign is,inevitably, right-wing.
Always has been, always will be.

Comment on The perversion of science and the chavification of Scotland’s alcohol laws by BillyDubh

BillyDubh — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:44:02 +0000

Minimum pricing is policy gold for the SNP precisely because it’s not an increase in duty – which is a power they’d like to have, but don’t. So they can look like they’re “doing something”, give the Scottish drinks industry a windfall as a side-effect, AND blame Westminster for the fact that the extra cash is going to capitalists rather than schools and hospitals. It’s quite cynical, but it’s a marvellous piece of political triangulation.

Comment on Labour and the EU: in/out, but shake it all about by Why are Labour MPs letting ‘Open Europe’ set the anti-Europe agenda? « Though Cowards Flinch

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:10:08 +0000

[...] There is a whole leftwing rationale out there for the reform of the European Union: rebalancing power between the Council of Ministers and Parliament, challenging neoliberal assumptions built in the EU treaties, ensuring that free trade development takes human rights into account, and so on. In advance of any EU Referendum, it is vital that the left rises to this challenge. [...]

Comment on The Four Tories of the Apocalypse by Why are Labour MPs letting ‘Open Europe’ set the anti-Europe agenda? « Though Cowards Flinch

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:10:02 +0000

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Comment on Why Hitchens was wrong on religion by brad

brad — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:35:51 +0000

How can you say that theoretical astronomers are unqualified to speak on the existence if god. There can be no experts on the subject, because no one has access to better knowledge than anyone else. If anything, theoretical astronomers are probably high up in the qualified lust because they deal with the deepest realities.

Comment on The fifth tradition (part 3 of 6): ‘Bevanite Ellie’ and what our Keynesian past tells us about a socialist future by Is making your own bread a progressive act? » 21stCenturyFix.org.uk

Is making your own bread a progressive act? » 21stCenturyFix.org.uk — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:25:55 +0000

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Comment on Labour and the EU: in/out, but shake it all about by The real Lisbon Treaty: Tsipras, May and Eurogeddon realpolitik « Though Cowards Flinch

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:36:30 +0000

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Comment on Why socialists are talking bollox on Greece and the euro by The real Lisbon Treaty: Tsipras, May and Eurogeddon realpolitik « Though Cowards Flinch

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:36:19 +0000

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Comment on Fraudulent democracy and the Lisbon Treaty by Reasons to say no to Lisbon » 21stCenturyFix.org.uk

Reasons to say no to Lisbon » 21stCenturyFix.org.uk — Sat, 26 May 2012 10:30:40 +0000

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Comment on The perversion of science and the chavification of Scotland’s alcohol laws by Shuggy

Shuggy — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:14:59 +0000

I don’t think I’m really in favour of this minimum pricing thing and I loathe the SNP – but there’s a more benign interpretation of their intentions, which is that they just want to establish something as a principle without alienating too many people at first. Then the price will creep up. Common practice with taxes of various kinds, is it not? Also to be fair, some of the brands most favoured by the proletarian drinker are unaffected by this so far. According to one paper anyway the well-known brand of paint-stripper known as Smirnoff is unaffected. And the infamous Buckfast isn’t that cheap y’know?