On a fundamental level... Archived Message Posted by Ken Waldron on May 7, 2020, 2:31 pm, in reply to "Could be a manifesto for The Workers Party of Britain, couldn't it? Widening the scope of view for a" ...the pressing problem is that a government working for the interests of bankers and rentiers will have to become "socialist". It's a fact of life that you can't milk a cow with empty udders. Even the parasite of capitalism needs to preserve the host it milks. A few weeks of paying furloughed workers to save precious jobs...had already got the Tories squealing about the lazy plebs getting used to their ( government created & enforced) indolence. They simply can't handle the idea as it goes against every ideological bone in their collective body. Thats the real issue. We have a government in power which has not only proven itself utterly incompetent (-pssst! anyone want to buy half a million unusable Turkish gowns?)but is actually totally ideologically unsuited to do what has to be done to see it's way through the current crisis. - The the twats are still taking about Brexit when the catastrophe has already superseded it tells you all you need to know: ideology comes first. "See that iceberg ahead? The good ship UK can sail right through that..." "Is that right, captain? ... " Message Thread: Richard Murphy: People and jobs? Or wealth? The government has to decide - Ken Waldron May 6, 2020, 11:49 pm Could be a manifesto for The Workers Party of Britain, couldn't it? Widening the scope of view for a - Rhisiart Gwilym May 7, 2020, 8:37 am On a fundamental level... - Ken Waldron May 7, 2020, 2:31 pm Re: On a fundamental level... - Tomski May 7, 2020, 4:38 pm Depends how riotous enough of us get, T. That always gets the raj rushing to placate us. They know - Rhisiart Gwilym May 7, 2020, 4:45 pm Granted, it may get interesting Rhis ... - Tomski May 7, 2020, 7:07 pm Re: On a fundamental level... - Dan May 7, 2020, 7:33 pm   Searching