Comments on: Fabians, Co-Operativists and the Living Dead of the Left http://www.liberal-vision.org/2010/02/02/is-fabianism-dea/ Looking Forward to Freedom Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jock http://www.liberal-vision.org/2010/02/02/is-fabianism-dea/comment-page-1/#comment-3878 Jock Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:35:11 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=4856#comment-3878 Maybe the Fabians are <a href="http://www.nextleft.org/2010/01/strange-rebirth-of-liberalism-in-oxford.html" rel="nofollow">supportive</a>. Maybe the Fabians are supportive.

]]> By: Gandhi http://www.liberal-vision.org/2010/02/02/is-fabianism-dea/comment-page-1/#comment-3877 Gandhi Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:11:01 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=4856#comment-3877 ...have been reading some of those links... The other thing that comes to mind here is that Brown may take seriously the threat of the Co-op splitting away from Labour after the election, especially in a hung parliament situation: all bets would be off. Labour might also seriously go bankrupt, so if ever there was a time for the Co-operative party to break away it might be coming. It seems that Gordon is listening to you, David Cameron is listening to you, but Nick Clegg? He's still listening to the voices in his head. …have been reading some of those links… The other thing that comes to mind here is that Brown may take seriously the threat of the Co-op splitting away from Labour after the election, especially in a hung parliament situation: all bets would be off. Labour might also seriously go bankrupt, so if ever there was a time for the Co-operative party to break away it might be coming.

It seems that Gordon is listening to you, David Cameron is listening to you, but Nick Clegg? He’s still listening to the voices in his head.

]]> By: Gandhi http://www.liberal-vision.org/2010/02/02/is-fabianism-dea/comment-page-1/#comment-3876 Gandhi Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:48:02 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=4856#comment-3876 Superficial is right. We know Gordon well enough to know that his only instinct is to centralise power, and lie of course. Though in the approx 30secs of commons footage I've seen in the last few months a Co-op member did stand up to complain about over-regulation, bizarre that that person would want to be allied with Labour. I think the truth is there's barely a whimper of liberalism in the UK, be it mutualism or any other form, and no real culture/public attitude in that direction to speak of. It is depressing, but I'm afraid I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that there's no saving Britain from itself. Superficial is right. We know Gordon well enough to know that his only instinct is to centralise power, and lie of course. Though in the approx 30secs of commons footage I’ve seen in the last few months a Co-op member did stand up to complain about over-regulation, bizarre that that person would want to be allied with Labour. I think the truth is there’s barely a whimper of liberalism in the UK, be it mutualism or any other form, and no real culture/public attitude in that direction to speak of. It is depressing, but I’m afraid I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that there’s no saving Britain from itself.

]]> By: Tristan http://www.liberal-vision.org/2010/02/02/is-fabianism-dea/comment-page-1/#comment-3874 Tristan Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:24:12 +0000 http://www.liberal-vision.org/?p=4856#comment-3874 Just a thought - why does there have to be profit? A business is viable with no profit or loss- I'd suggest that actually a freed market system would tend towards this (although no economy would ever reach this state). Just a thought – why does there have to be profit?

A business is viable with no profit or loss- I’d suggest that actually a freed market system would tend towards this (although no economy would ever reach this state).

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