State of the parties as 2015 General Election looms.

[Beef Oven!]

You can't do that in foreign parts you know, and neither can you use the iPlayer to watch TV programmes, so I shall have to remain ignorant for now.

When you said you no longer lived in Germany, I thought you'd come back for a while.

I've added a link, so maybe you can be liberated from your temporary ignorance. Or maybe the link only takes you to the player you can't use.

[MrGongGong]

And why use 'many of us' when you mean only yourself, for certain?

Assuming that ones own experience and opinions are universal would seem to be a very common delusion.

[Richard Barrett]

When you said you no longer lived in Germany, I thought you'd come back for a while.

No, I've gone even further away. Although I'm not at home at this moment but in a hotel in Vienna getting a couple of hours' rest before soundcheck time.

[MrGongGong]

No, I've gone even further away. Although I'm not at home at this moment but in a hotel in Vienna getting a couple of hours' rest before soundcheck time.

You are going to have to run if you are to make St Pauls Hall by this evening!

[Beef Oven!]

No, I've gone even further away. Although I'm not at home at this moment but in a hotel in Vienna getting a couple of hours' rest before soundcheck time.

A secret/surprise gig? Or can you tell us more?

[Serial_Apologist]

Well, if you had tuned into Newsnight last night, you'd know!


Scroll through to 28 mins 28 secs for Chomsky

Edit: ".....I think they [Tea Party & UKIP] reflect understandable anger at a neoliberal period, in which the majority of the population has suffered considerably whilst anonymous wealth and power has been accumulated in a tiny fraction of society.....but it's not entirely correct..."

This is hardly uncomplimentary, so maybe you're not in unison with Chomsky as much as you think, and you should keep your money in your pocket and not make such wagers!

In fact Chomsky goes on to say "[from end BO's quote] so that, for example, hundreds of thousands of people in New York demonstrated a couple of weeks ago - they were asking for serious action about dealing with the climate catastrophy. That's a huge... it's representative of a huge part of the population, and I think, er, the anger and concern take many different forms, but they have... you can find many common roots".

He subsequently takes issue with Evan Davies's implicit siding with British anti-immigrant sentiments by pointing out that there are many different points of view on the issue.

[P. G. Tipps]

Chomsky of course is not a Marxist or even a pseudo-Marxist.

Will an 'anarcho-syndacalist' do then ... ? :-)

Or is that too "politically correct" a thing to say?

Not at all, again I agree with much of that but at least SA is an internationally-recognised state so there is really little comparison between it and a bunch of armed thugs murdering men, women and children and beheading any Western aid worker it can lay its paws on ...

[Beef Oven!]

In fact Chomsky goes on to say "[from end BO's quote] so that, for example, hundreds of thousands of people in New York demonstrated a couple of weeks ago - they were asking for serious action about dealing with the climate catastrophy. That's a huge... it's representative of a huge part of the population, and I think, er, the anger and concern take many different forms, but they have... you can find many common roots".

He subsequently takes issue with Evan Davies's implicit siding with British anti-immigrant sentiments by pointing out that there are many different points of view on the issue.

In fact, 'takes issue' is an incorrect description of Chomsky's even-handed, objective analysis. Fortunately, I have posted a link to the interview, so your-talking up can be ignored.

Must be frustrating for people like Chomsky when they consider their followers. 'If that's Marxism, then I'm not a Marxist', attributed to KM!

[Beef Oven!]

Will an 'anarcho-syndacalist' do then ... ?

Do what?

[MrGongGong]

Not at all, again I agree with much of that but at least SA is an internationally-recognised state so there is really little comparison between it and a bunch of armed thugs murdering men, women and children and beheading any Western aid worker it can lay its paws on ...

How does being "internationally-recognised" mean that it's somehow ok to chop peoples heads off?

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/24/when-it-comes-beheadings-isis-has-nothing-over-saudi-arabia-277385.html

[Serial_Apologist]

In fact, 'takes issue' is an incorrect description of Chomsky's even-handed, objective analysis. Fortunately, I have posted a link to the interview, so your-talking up can be ignored.

That was for Richard.

Must be frustrating for people like Chomsky when they consider their followers. 'If that's Marxism, then I'm not a Marxist', attributed to KM!

Thanks for providing the link; I could reproduce the remainder of the text of the conversation between Chomsky and Evan Davies...

[teamsaint]

[QUOTE=Serial_Apologist;445803]That was for Richard.



Thanks for providing the link; I could reproduce the remainder of the text of the conversation between Chomsky and Evan Davies...[/QUOTE]

who, the strike breaking , public sector bashing, BBC (balance is our watchword)anchor man ? whistleysmileything....

[Beef Oven!]

How does being "internationally-recognised" mean that it's somehow ok to chop peoples heads off?

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/24/w...ia-277385.html

'Internationally recognised' does not mean ''it's ok to chop peoples (sic) heads off". It means that it is a sovereign state and a member of the United Nations (since 1945). 'It's ok to chop off people's heads' is something that IS believes. If they apply, they will not be admitted to the UN, on at least 1 ground.

[Serial_Apologist]

[QUOTE=teamsaint;445804]

That was for Richard.



Thanks for providing the link; I could reproduce the remainder of the text of the conversation between Chomsky and Evan Davies...[/QUOTE]

who, the strike breaking , public sector bashing, BBC (balance is our watchword)anchor man ? whistleysmileything....

Probably. I was thinking of the Gargoyle, but didn't want to get all personal and upset ff.

[MrGongGong]

'Internationally recognised' does not mean ''it's ok to chop peoples (sic) heads off". It means that it is a sovereign state and a member of the United Nations (since 1945). 'It's ok to chop off people's heads' is something that IS believes. If they apply, they will not be admitted to the UN, on at least 1 ground.

It's certainly NOT ok to chop off the heads of people....... end
But our government seems to like the Saudis, I wonder if they have something viscous that we could do with ?

Ethical ? Naaaaaaah