tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post26988289943981750..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Another 30 pieces of silver, Benedict?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-46621071794651584532011-06-16T13:42:53.188-07:002011-06-16T13:42:53.188-07:00TBF: Heh! Keep watching - just about to have a go ...TBF: Heh! Keep watching - just about to have a go at another 'richard-head', one Peter Oborne who has the op-ed in tmrw's DT!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-89321902052232918572011-06-16T13:20:36.447-07:002011-06-16T13:20:36.447-07:00WfW I saw the words 'Tory principles' and ...WfW I saw the words 'Tory principles' and gave up reading the rest of the article.TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-56894388503503743202011-06-16T12:52:37.139-07:002011-06-16T12:52:37.139-07:00PC: It would have been more honest of Cameron if t...PC: It would have been more honest of Cameron if the by-line had actually read David Cameron!<br /><br />Re Enoch, will we ever see another of his calibre?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-27097120249062157262011-06-16T12:49:48.224-07:002011-06-16T12:49:48.224-07:00As you say, stomach turning sycophancy, and as Eno...As you say, stomach turning sycophancy, and as Enoch Powell said, 'nonsense — manifest, arrant nonsense.'<br /><br />But the explanation is, I think, quite simple, the Tory party is starting to panic and they are trying to shore up confidence. Cameron is not simply doing u-turns, he is spinning in place, terrified of a bad press. Quite why I don't know, I suspect he has a pathological need to be liked, with a consequent fear of bad headlines. That would also explain why he is constantly putting his hands into our pockets and showering largess on any and every bleeding heart cause he can.<br /><br />In truth we are at that point in the electoral cycle he can do anything he likes, no one will remember in three years and if his policies work no one will care even if they do. If his policies don't work he's finished anyway so he would be better off sticking to his guns. This constant spinning in circles is the worst thing he can do. The only other rational explanation is he expects the LibDems to cut and run in the near term, or Clegg is blackmailing him by threatening to. If that is the case any sensible person would laugh like a drain and tell him, 'go for it kid, I dare you.'<br /><br />I too have always valued Enoch Powell for his incisive intelligence and ability to dissect an argument like a scalpel, a strength I found truly humbling, and his belief in patriotic duty to the country.PeterCharlesnoreply@blogger.com