tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post4291337872500237915..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Mindless, or mind-controlled, voters?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-16620744787378086532011-03-02T05:59:04.304-08:002011-03-02T05:59:04.304-08:00The simple fact is that people should withdraw the...The simple fact is that people should withdraw their assent from the system. It may even mean subscribing to a National Covenant as in 1637....but the fact that people declare themselves no longer supportive of the institutions nor respectful of them is a start.<br /><br />Acquiescence under protest with regulations may be required to preserve liberty, but rejection of the system is a start because it becomes an Identity to which others can coalesce.<br /><br />The Party System is corrupt and self-serving. It is what mass-democracy degenerates into as lobby groups buy influence. The devaluation of voting is part of the process.<br /><br />To pursue a Reductionist Tendency is to reject the BBC - withdraw from TV - cease to buy newspapers - move to Blogs and start to network. De-legitimise the SystemTomTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-50661687535676130892011-03-02T02:08:25.840-08:002011-03-02T02:08:25.840-08:00Back in the early UKIP days there was a by electio...Back in the early UKIP days there was a by election at Hemsworth, deep in the Yorkshire coal field and I went canvassing in the deep snow - a thankless job.<br /><br />Then I hit a bright spot - a very intelligent old lady who knew all about the EU and thought just as I did. <br /><br />"May we count on your vote?" I asked. <br />"No duck, I'm Labour" she said.<br /><br />When I tried to reason with her further, she put her hands over her ears!<br /><br />At the time of the 1975 referendum, my late father was generally very anti Common Market. "I don't like this Europe business" he said "But that man Wedgewood Benn's against it, so there must be some good in it". <br /><br />It's a very slow job breaking down this sort of loyalty which is a matter of ancestral influences, the heart and the guts not the brain. The fact that the parties have changed their spots still has not registered with many.Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-89900321286545939822011-03-01T13:13:34.516-08:002011-03-01T13:13:34.516-08:00J: Jolly good - spread the word, me first please!
...J: Jolly good - spread the word, me first please!<br /><br />BJ: Accepted what you say but drip, drip - will someone turn the tap full on, please?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-66133155788541088702011-03-01T13:03:07.132-08:002011-03-01T13:03:07.132-08:00Over the years I have lost count of the times that...Over the years I have lost count of the times that someone has told me something and I, thinking myself cleverer, used to patronise, agree, and walk away smiling to myself - only to realize, on hearing something related later, that they were the clever ones and not I.<br /><br />It took me ages to recognize that the people in power worked to a different set of morals than I, and that friends who had told me this for years were actually right.<br /><br />This drip, drip of information will eventually get through to the brainwashed masses - the duped of today become the wise of tomorrow.<br /><br />As for opinion polls - the masses haven't really cottoned on to the fact that there is no magic money tree. They will do so eventually - in Plymouth they are starting to wonder about all of these wonderful City Development Companies and Chief Executives; it's coming - slowly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-47144935415262810372011-03-01T12:16:41.883-08:002011-03-01T12:16:41.883-08:00WFW Never fear your message is getting through peo...WFW Never fear your message is getting through people are seeking the truth and learning that the place to seek that are blogs like yours.Jacobitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100059688452624554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-36979316409562252912011-03-01T11:50:12.619-08:002011-03-01T11:50:12.619-08:00f: You are most kind with your comments - and keep...f: You are most kind with your comments - and keep banging my head, I surely will fear not!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-72737530075988372322011-03-01T11:43:02.391-08:002011-03-01T11:43:02.391-08:00No you are certainly not banging your head against...No you are certainly not banging your head against a brick wall WFW,the internet is the place where many people are learning and becoming aware of what a venal and unprincipled load of shite we have in Westminster, please keep up your blogging, yours is one of many voices that is getting through to people,it will be a slow process i know but reach one person and they will tell another and ad infinitum, just keep up the good work!frostynoreply@blogger.com