percy toboggan
06-Feb-08, 18:39
Left and right...those old divisions...polarised poltical opinion. Well they just don't seem to work anymore.
Take me for instance. Some of you write me off as an auld right wing reactionary. In some ways I am. I'd stop all immigration forthwith - and I mean ALL of it,apart from a few exceptional requirements and I'd prefer Britain's population to mirror more 1938 than 2008. I think more prisons should be built and recidivist offenders locked up ad infinitum with an option of assisted suicide....especially those who inflict physical pain on others.
I'd probably be in favour of a return of corporal punishment in schools, and what happens in the home - within certain parameters is no concern of any government.
That said I firmly believe in workers rights and the organisation of labour...I detest the current stigmatisation of council house tennants and have republican leanings - after the demise of solid, dependable, over privileged Elizabeth . I'm an egalitarian and think the planet deserves more attention than it's had these last hundred years.
I want us out of Europe too - the 'Union' that is...whilst still maintaining cordial trading links with most of our neighbours.
So, do your view reflect this non-pigeon hole hotchpotch, or do you you lefties buy into the complete package? Are you right wingers all dismayed by the very mention of a 'minimum wage ? Is my politico-schizoid mentality unique? I doubt it.
I just wondered....like yer doo.
Take me for instance. Some of you write me off as an auld right wing reactionary. In some ways I am. I'd stop all immigration forthwith - and I mean ALL of it,apart from a few exceptional requirements and I'd prefer Britain's population to mirror more 1938 than 2008. I think more prisons should be built and recidivist offenders locked up ad infinitum with an option of assisted suicide....especially those who inflict physical pain on others.
I'd probably be in favour of a return of corporal punishment in schools, and what happens in the home - within certain parameters is no concern of any government.
That said I firmly believe in workers rights and the organisation of labour...I detest the current stigmatisation of council house tennants and have republican leanings - after the demise of solid, dependable, over privileged Elizabeth . I'm an egalitarian and think the planet deserves more attention than it's had these last hundred years.
I want us out of Europe too - the 'Union' that is...whilst still maintaining cordial trading links with most of our neighbours.
So, do your view reflect this non-pigeon hole hotchpotch, or do you you lefties buy into the complete package? Are you right wingers all dismayed by the very mention of a 'minimum wage ? Is my politico-schizoid mentality unique? I doubt it.
I just wondered....like yer doo.