http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/19/nlr-on-blair/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/19/nlr-on-blair/comment-page-1/#comment-13609 dave heasman Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:33:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=910#comment-13609 " New Labour has scattered a few crumbs to the poor, " eh? She must be very rich. What about child benefit? Practically doubled since 1997. The pensioners' winter fuel payment - £200 now, £20 in 1997. The minimum wage. These are big things. They're not enough, obviously, but they're big. The government seems ashamed of them, which is odd, but a serious political commentator should at least know about them. Oh & as an anti-Iraq war person I think the govt. can be proud of Sierra Leone, too. God only knows how many deaths that prevented, but itwas a lot. ” New Labour has scattered a few crumbs to the poor, ” eh? She must be very rich. What about child benefit? Practically doubled since 1997. The pensioners’ winter fuel payment – £200 now, £20 in 1997. The minimum wage. These are big things. They’re not enough, obviously, but they’re big. The government seems ashamed of them, which is odd, but a serious political commentator should at least know about them. Oh & as an anti-Iraq war person I think the govt. can be proud of Sierra Leone, too. God only knows how many deaths that prevented, but itwas a lot.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/19/nlr-on-blair/comment-page-1/#comment-13608 Chris Bertram Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:10:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=910#comment-13608 No, definitely a different one! No, definitely a different one!

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/19/nlr-on-blair/comment-page-1/#comment-13607 Jacob T. Levy Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:02:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=910#comment-13607 I assume this Susan Watkins is <i>not</i> the Penn sociologist? I assume this Susan Watkins is not the Penn sociologist?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/19/nlr-on-blair/comment-page-1/#comment-13606 rea Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:43:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=910#comment-13606 "The Centre Left governments that dominated the North Atlantic zone up to the turn of the millennium have now all but disappeared." Iceland's gone conservative on us? Who knew? “The Centre Left governments that dominated the North Atlantic zone up to the turn of the millennium have now all but disappeared.” Iceland’s gone conservative on us? Who knew?

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