tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post6785728802355363117..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Cameron’s attack on Oxford University has made me a UKIP supporterScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-67920428072386389812011-10-16T16:57:54.838+01:002011-10-16T16:57:54.838+01:00Yes but....You, DM, Harumphrey and I could don bla...Yes but....You, DM, Harumphrey and I could don blazers, head for the pub, get some gin in and within an hour we would have a wish list (or rant list) as good as Farage's, which we might call "And Another Thing". At the end of that process, if one of us said "I want you to go to your constituencies and prepare for Government" the other three would fall off their chairs. <br /><br />That's really my point. No one has yet made the observation that the collapse of the Lib Dem vote is partly due to the fact that many of their life-long supporters are only realising once they've seen them trying to govern, how completely off the point most of them are.<br />Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 11:52 AMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-55818265594663530082011-10-16T16:57:33.851+01:002011-10-16T16:57:33.851+01:00Yes, but… every political party harbours a core of...Yes, but… every political party harbours a core of hard-line loonies. You two make it sound as if every Conservative MP, peer and supporter are rational and lovable and civilised, and, of course, we know that many of them are utterly detestable. Labour’s even worse. The Lib-Dems… no, that doesn’t work, they’re all ghastly. I’d much rather have spent an amusing evening with the likes of Francis Pym or Lord Carrington than most right-wing Tories – the wets were generally well-educated and civilised people (more “rounded”) but I loathed their limp-wristed assumption that this country was headed down the crapper and we should at least try to have an amusing time while it was doing so. It’s politics – policies count: Tory policies = wet liberal internationalist wishful thinking, while UKIP policies = common sense. The old argument that the Tories at least provided a bulwark against destructive Labour policies won’t wash any longer – many of their policies are destructive Labour policies!<br />Monday, April 25, 2011 - 01:02 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-76482948028509142702011-10-16T16:57:22.569+01:002011-10-16T16:57:22.569+01:00Harumphrey is right, of course. The double breaste...Harumphrey is right, of course. The double breasted blazer/gin/pub bore factor is one thing. That's the thoughtful wing. You only have to go on the Spectator Coffee House for 5 minutes and you will come across the uncomprehending, foaming at the mouth, dotty core of the party. They are not big enough to vet their candidates and there's a fair bet you'll be voting for some one straight out of the North Minehead by-election sketch.<br /><br />"Darling. I've invited the Farages down for the weekend." Doesn't quite seem the ticket, does it?<br />Monday, April 25, 2011 - 12:34 PMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-91041590132007274132011-10-16T16:57:05.982+01:002011-10-16T16:57:05.982+01:00Understand the temptation of UKIP…but then I hear ...Understand the temptation of UKIP…but then I hear them speaking and know I just couldn’t bring myself to support them no matter how convincing their policies…shallow I know. Last time the Tories were this wet your great heroine Mrs. T appeared, so there’s always hope. Patience.<br />Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 11:00 PMHARUMPHREYnoreply@blogger.com