tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post5756507918561319884..comments2024-01-11T10:42:04.473+00:00Comments on Hawk/Handsaw: Hazel Blears talks rubbish about the blogospherePaul Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18101626906004768474noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post-55853966022644660502008-11-10T13:10:00.000+00:002008-11-10T13:10:00.000+00:00Cheers all for your comments.What I'm wondering is...Cheers all for your comments.<BR/><BR/>What I'm wondering is what does Blears propose to do about the serious problem of citizens posting their opinions on the internet? Perhaps there should be a commissariat of internal affairs that can police blogs and remove posts that are too cynical?Paul Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101626906004768474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post-43054612235096872802008-11-09T00:03:00.000+00:002008-11-09T00:03:00.000+00:00Hmmm worrying, I agree. Did somebody put new batt...Hmmm worrying, I agree. Did somebody put new batteries in her?<BR/><BR/>She obviously hasn't realised that a lot of blogs are a good deal higher quality than the newspapers, certainly on anything that needs a bit of technical knowledgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post-61599307826148189022008-11-07T12:40:00.000+00:002008-11-07T12:40:00.000+00:00Nice post. I don't see how she can justify describ...Nice post. I don't see how she can justify describing Guy Fawkes as a nihilist. Where is he now that we need him most??!! [joke, I'm not really advocating blowing up parliament]<BR/><BR/>It's typical of nu labour to blame the electorate's disillusionment and apathy on the electorate rather than the politicians.<BR/><BR/>Corrupt politicians make the other 10% look bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post-44673857945737528432008-11-06T16:28:00.000+00:002008-11-06T16:28:00.000+00:00great post.the reasons you cite for disengagement ...great post.<BR/><BR/>the reasons you cite for disengagement are spot on. of course one way or re-engaging the public with politics and government would be to make everyone's vote count - first past the post means that the whole makeup of Parliament is effectively decided by 80,000 or so voters in swing seats. If folk felt their vote could make a difference, perhaps there'd be more voting?<BR/><BR/>as for the blogosphere feeding cynicism, all i can say is Ha, I doubt that very much... ;-)teekbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373974669367838018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post-48003361872377135562008-11-06T15:40:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:40:00.000+00:00I'm too much of a cynic to think that people are c...I'm too much of a cynic to think that people are cynical for any good reason - my view is that politics in this country is largely played out, we've reached a centrist consensus, and all of our major political figures agree on 90% of the issues because they're not stupid. So politics has become boring, which is what politics should be (I'd much rather have boring politics than Sarah Palin politics), but unfortunately it does tend to make people cynical.<BR/><BR/>The good thing is we can just look at America and be pleased for Obama! Who needs British politics any more?Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477385342066275897.post-52444685047733900882008-11-06T13:04:00.000+00:002008-11-06T13:04:00.000+00:00Nice post. As soon as I read the mention of corros...Nice post. As soon as I read the mention of corrosive cynicism I thought "yes, but it's possibly justified given the behaviour of politicians".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com