Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
General Election: Anyone Still Undecided?
Most of us have a very limited range of choices in Thursday's General Election. From my recent posts on this site it's clear I don't want to vote Tory. Nor do I want to vote for a pro-genocide candidate. Which is what we'll get with Starmer. And as he has told us Labour now belongs to him. And anyone caught breathing out-of-tune can get purged. So does it matter that Starmer isn't on the ballot form? Won't Haringey's MPs be following Keir's 3-Ems? Murder-Mutilation-Malnutrition?
I used to have a poster printed by Islington Anarchists. But that would be a cop-out. Anyone else in a similar predicament?
Tags for Forum Posts: Anarchism, Keir Starmer, corrupting democracy, general election
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
-
Gordon, can I suggest it's helpful if you say who you pose a question to.
And also if you follow your own framework by adding something short to summarise your own thoughts.
I am interested to learn what others think and feel.
-
Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
-
You find it odd that politicians get advice from people with expertise? It’s possible to run a successful airline without knowledge of aerodynamics and engineering - you have people to let you know if the fleet of planes you are considering buying are dead ducks.
-
Permalink Reply by Gordon Farcas on
-
I don't!. But you said "So all those people employed to advise because (sic) their expertise are a waste of money then?" for no apparent reason which I found to be a bit odd.
Politicians clearly need to take advice from specialists. That's how government works. It's the same in the private and not for profit/charity sector. A leader needs to rely on expertise and recommendations from specialists.
However, it's the leaders who need to make the decisions and be accountable for them. They need to balance the recommendations, sometimes contradictory, sometimes unrealistic and sometimes just wrong or poor from specialists.
Experience, intellect, the ability to manage resources and risks, and an understanding of the environments they work within (eg. Budgets and stakeholders) are required in order to decide which recommendations to follow.
And that, I'm assuming, was Martin's point above. In order to be able to make those decisions well you need to have experience running, producing or providing something at scale in the real world (and by that I mean one subject to merit and competition).
-
-
-
Another comment for the Undecideds.
I suspect that many people now realise that our voting system is now a major barrier to democracy.Made worse by the spiral down to presidential-style campaigning. Whether for Nigel; Bunjee-jump-Ed; or the truly appalling My-Party-My-Party-Starmer.
If anyone is still toying with the thought of voting for Sir Keir then the latest article by Asa Winstanley may interest you. Even If his local candidates are not wise enough to realise what he's about. we needn't let ourselves be taken for suckers.
So here are two more pieces in the jigsaw.https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/looking-luke-akehurst-north...
https://substack.com/@asawinstanley
-
-
I simply can't bring myself to ever vote for Labour.
I saw an interesting video which summarised the same conclusion I came to many years ago.
-
-
My praise "Esther Cohen", for your honesty owning up to sharing the far right political views of Simon Webb. I notice that Mr Webb also writes Westerns under the pen-name of Harriet Cade. Are they any good?
-
-
I'm glad you found it informative 'Alan Stanton'.
I've not read the Westerns but have seen a couple of Mr Webb's videos. They're quite objective, informed by common sense and independent thought.
However, if he starts asking me to consider the works of obscure, navel gazing academics or terrorist sympathizers to support his arguments, I might turn to those cowboy and indian stories instead.
Yippee kai yay!
-
-
Dear Esther,
I posted a jokey reply an hour ago. I then deleted it. My sense of humour is not to everyone's taste. And there are more important things right now than jokes.
I am going to ask you and other people who follow Harringay Online website to listen to or read another website post I have just seen. My request is for people to read with an open heart and open mind. Despite it involving people who are known "names" and may prompt a closing of minds and hearts.
You asked people to give a few minutes to Simon Webb. I did so.
His views I reject.
I re-read them. More slowly and more carefully.I make this request for you and others to read or to listen to something I hope you will find important. The words are by Journalist Chris Hedges and by a former UK Ambassador Craig Murray, They are spoken as well by Actor Eunice Wong.
Craig Murray is standing for election in Blackburn. What's it got to do with us down in Haringey in London? The detail is set out in the webpage here. and the issues they raise are local and national and international.
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/craig-murrays-campaign-against-e...
-
-
If you click on the link above it may say "Page Not Found"
But you will see the page title: Please click on the title.
Craig Murray’s Campaign Against Empire - Read by Eunice Wong
-
-
.
-
-
This is one of your better posts.
-
-
Mr Bosch, I hope you were able to read Chris Hedges and Craig Murray's post.
As Chris Hedges says at the start: " Win or lose. What matters is resistance."
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Next ›
© 2024 Created by Hugh.
Powered by
