ernie_lynch – Member
Heath he was as wet a Tory as ever there was
You mean he was more left-wing ?
Although you did say that “the Conservatives have drifted left”, so presumably he was more right-wing ?
Which one is it ?
BTW why was Harold Macmillan, nicknamed the council house builder, less “wet” than Edward Heath ?
Events dear boy Events, to quote the man, Macmillan was of a different time.
Heath faced the early pressures of consumerism I wouldn’t say there was a lot to choose between them, but in Heaths blundering with the Unions, young Maggie lost all respect for both of
them and her Revenge was total.
But even back then there were clear demarcations between the right and the left, labour and capitol, it all started to go awry after we the electorate kicked out the Torys after Thatcher and Major on the basis it was all going to get better, with a swing to the left and that nice Tony and his labour party and all we got was more of the same, then even after Browns public sector profligacy did we get a swing to the right? No we got the Dave & Clegg show and more corporate bollox, neo liberalism and gay marriage, not that I’ve got anything against gays getting wed, but ffs they represent 1-5% of the population depending on whose stats you believe and there were, still are, far more pressing issues that need sorting.
You know what? I’m lost here, not sure what I’m even arguing about, didn’t this place used to be a haven for pinko liberal lefty hand wringers, where have they all gone? Life is confusing, I did that survey and came out politically alongside Ghandi, yet when I did the policies quiz i came out 44% UKIP, I think in all probability I’ll do a Russell Brand and not bother, nothing for me to vote for.