The irresistible rise of left wing blogging.

[ron_broxted]

Figures show that right wing blogs have had their day. Who reads libertarian blogs these days? With each passing day and week the left of centre through the anglo-phone world gets a higher audience both in terms of unique hits and traffic

Comments

[dogsolitude_v2]

I'm starting to wonder if politics will start to become more issues-based, and we'll start to see through the false Left/Right dichotomy...

[ron_broxted]

Dog, housing is going to be a major issue, esp for me when I have to move. Went to 2 different towns in Norn Iron and told to keep moving. Meanwhile half of Romania & Poland are getting places!
I do not trust either side. A wise man once said there will be an atrocity here and that will be the excuse to bring in ID cards.
Wings do not matter - I am Liberal (Centrist) on some points ultra far left on others!

[bob_idle]

You can't really have issues based politics in a 2-party system : - the whip system and toeing the party line.
Better to have proportional representation and more independent MPs?

[ron_broxted]

Yes and No. Look at Ireland - minority governments can never bring in change. The result? Ossification.

[bob_idle]

But at least its a bit more representative of the peoples wishes.

i thought that and wrote about it prior to the formation of the coalition. The peoples wish was clearly in favour of no overall majority - no winner. A completely impotent government who could do nothing - a response to the failure of government and the expenses scandal. The people wanted a minority government lead by D. Cameron - which would get outvoted in anything controversial. A government who had to win the support of opponents before anything could be changed.
Thus was the peoples wish - but it wasn't to be. Nick Clegg and David Cameron outmanouvered the people.

[ron_broxted]

I disagree, the peoples wish was to stay at home. It usually is voting day. On another site there was an argument about compulsory voting. Whaddya think?

[bob_idle]

I read somewhere turnout was 65%, higher than average and certainly a majority.

I do think compulsory voting should be brought in and see absolutely no valid argument to the contrary.

[ron_broxted]

Yes turnout amazingly reached more than half. Valid argument = the stupidity of the U.K electorate!

[bob_idle]

If it is a democracy then everyone should vote.
If it is not, then bring on dictatorship

[ron_broxted]

You think Britain is a democracy? Polite cough. I recall a film, satire, it had Peter Cook as a PM, he started by having referendums on everything, then when folks were fed up he brought in a dictatorship. History will look back at Blair (& to a lesser extent Brown) and gasp, not just at their audacious theft of liberty, well, the bit that Thatcher left, and the supine nature of Ingerlund!