tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post116629921603383714..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: You've been bought and paid, you're a whore and a slaveAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-1166530576100709252006-12-19T13:16:00.000+01:002006-12-19T13:16:00.000+01:00What I particularly liked about Kettle's elitist, ...What I particularly liked about Kettle's elitist, faux-hand-wringing apologia for various violations of basic democratic values was the excuse for the loans for peerages scandal, which basically ran, you - the public for whom we bear this terrible white man's burden of moral difficulty - didn't love us enough, and didn't give us enough money, so we had to sell ourselves on the street to the highest bidder. As if the question of why exactly people are not giving money or time to political parties, or why it costs so much more to run an election campaign which engages with the public than it used to, did not exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-1166305750885284992006-12-16T22:49:00.000+01:002006-12-16T22:49:00.000+01:00thank you.I've been in a state of incoherent rage ...thank you.<BR/>I've been in a state of incoherent rage since I read this inadequate wankers miserable excuse for an article this afternoon. I started an LTE, but had to give up as I was giving myself a headache and it was mostly swearing. <BR/><BR/>glingleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com