tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33222087.post6037126244180345171..comments2023-11-05T09:11:50.950+00:00Comments on Malcolm Redfellow's Home Service: Malcolm Redfellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11907427518823910875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33222087.post-88020722820430637062008-06-18T00:33:00.000+01:002008-06-18T00:33:00.000+01:00Never fancied the bard myself. Enjoyed Timon a bi...Never fancied the bard myself. Enjoyed Timon a bit, but I certainly think that it was more about the subject matter and the fact that it was poo pooed on so much.<BR/><BR/>I think you are correct in noting that Tory opposition has much to do with politics, but what you don't note is that Labor putting this forward is also about politics.<BR/><BR/>Once more Labor is attempting to take a Tory mainstay use it to their advantage, but the Tory's aren't blushing right now since they can read the by-election results on the wall and see what's coming down the pipeline for a general election. This fact coupled with a few back benchers meant that what was supposed to show of strength and virility ended up being a rather pathetic display with the DUP coming to the rescue (though they would have voted for it anyways) for a ban on abortion in NI, and of course more money.<BR/><BR/>I won't begrudge you your opinions, but I wonder since you cite the Brighton bombing. Do you really think that successive government policies practiced by the British government and Irish government such as internment, diplock courts, revamping of Offences against the state act etc. really made people safer while at the same time safe guarding the democratic liberal institutions of two western European liberal democracies?yourcousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00734380865417454796noreply@blogger.com