tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post5298003916757395153..comments2023-10-10T15:11:51.651+01:00Comments on The Appalling Strangeness: Pragmatism and PoliticsThe Nameless Libertarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10358775584645387212noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post-18239020295294528942010-10-15T23:49:17.729+01:002010-10-15T23:49:17.729+01:00You are invited to not follow my blog as I can'...You are invited to not follow my blog as I can't be bothered to write one.<br /><br />As for pragmatism, it's a question of means and ends. A person with strong principles can afford to be pragmatic about the means that he or she uses to promote them because their principles will place strict limits on which means are considered to be legitimate.<br /><br />The problem is people who are pragmatic about what means they employ but who don't have any strongly-held principles to limit their actions. They end up doing whatever is expedient by whatever means is available, i.e. New Labour.<br /><br />But a government that behaves like that is doomed to fail because any significant change (other than increasing spending) takes years to implement. It requires a willingness to continue in the face of widespread hostility because you believe that the end will be worth the effort. No principles means no commitment means no results.Andrew Zalotockynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post-14616599259357144592010-10-15T10:44:52.689+01:002010-10-15T10:44:52.689+01:00I am now embarrassed to admit that the Conservativ...I am now embarrassed to admit that the Conservatives got my vote in the General Election although much of that was to vote Brown out.<br />Cameron didn't impress me during the Election campaign and his actions in power have been a betrayal of traditional Tory voters. I preferred the old tories - fat, arrogant but successful businessmen rather than today's insipid, faceless and utterly pointless clones. I shall not vote Tory again. Their manifesto was less than impressive and they've just compromised too much in order to get their hands on power, particularly with regards to the EU, and will never have my trust again. Anybody that gives Chris Huhne any form of power deserves evisceration.<br />Cameron's 'modernisation' of the party has gone too far to now appeal to anybody with Libertarian inclinations.Scoopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post-44044067879410810262010-10-15T10:34:06.094+01:002010-10-15T10:34:06.094+01:00Steve Finnell - God bothering alert!!Steve Finnell - God bothering alert!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post-30527198023901104162010-10-15T09:12:56.744+01:002010-10-15T09:12:56.744+01:00Form me, it was ID cardsForm me, it was ID cardsLongriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post-90830067379328652422010-10-14T20:20:54.634+01:002010-10-14T20:20:54.634+01:00Out of morbid curiosity??Out of morbid curiosity??TonyFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356306581977054156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24851301.post-48390469319208251532010-10-14T17:25:49.097+01:002010-10-14T17:25:49.097+01:00Not for the first time, I'll ask "why the...Not for the first time, I'll ask "why the hell would I want to do that?"The Nameless Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358775584645387212noreply@blogger.com