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given what a right wing barrel scraping he is, his definition of socialism is meant to be a warning, a follow up of Thatcher's "there is no such thing as society". It's NuLabour that followed the thatcherite individualist libertarian pro-business path.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 10:51:34 AM EST
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I was chatting to a friend yesterday and he made me laugh when he said he was interested to read the autobiography to see if it gave an indication as to why Tony Blair joined the Labour Party.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 11:45:53 AM EST
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Labour must mean something different in the UK from Labor in the US. Here, if you labor, it usually means you work hard at something productive but what good did TB ever do? Must be a language thing.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 05:55:43 PM EST
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yes it means you can't spell over there :D

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 08:48:55 PM EST
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