tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post116177425675487920..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Heffer plays the "Dictionary Definition" gameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-1161954309404638042006-10-27T14:05:00.000+01:002006-10-27T14:05:00.000+01:00*yawn*... it doesn;t mean you don't change things....*yawn*... it doesn;t mean you don't change things. It means you take a approach which is not stupidly radical to change. Change = risk and risk must be mitigated.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-1161952913075338342006-10-27T13:41:00.000+01:002006-10-27T13:41:00.000+01:00Being non-ideological means, quite simply, acknowl...<I>Being non-ideological means, quite simply, acknowledging that politics is the art of the possible.</I><BR/><BR/>As RAB Butler was so fond of saying...<BR/><BR/>The problem, of course, is that the "art of the possible" limits people to what they believe is achievable, which will by definition tend towards the lower end of the scale, as was illustrated by the post-war Butskellite consensus. <BR/><BR/>You can't make things change if you won't try and change them.James Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087240576156086979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-1161847971979641102006-10-26T08:32:00.000+01:002006-10-26T08:32:00.000+01:00A fair point. So witout a hint of irony, here is w...A fair point. So witout a hint of irony, here is what the Dictionary says it is <A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dialectical%20materialism" REL="nofollow">is</A>dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-1161847488157542962006-10-26T08:24:00.000+01:002006-10-26T08:24:00.000+01:00Dizzy,I usually enjoy reading your excellent posts...Dizzy,<BR/>I usually enjoy reading your excellent posts, and maybe it's because I haven't quite woken up this morning, but could you run this past me once again? <BR/>"dialectical materialism" etc etc... it sounds like you swallowed a political theory textbook. How about some consideration and speaking English for us simple folk out here?(just teasing!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-1161840592137300722006-10-26T06:29:00.000+01:002006-10-26T06:29:00.000+01:00Better watch it m'lord, if my ego get's any bigger...Better watch it m'lord, if my ego get's any bigger I could be dangerous.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-1161808344827837762006-10-25T21:32:00.000+01:002006-10-25T21:32:00.000+01:00It's an interesting situation for the Conservative...It's an interesting situation for the Conservatives to be in - no home newspaper. Telegraph in the hands of the ghastly brothers, Times and Sun Murdoched, Mail minting it on making us frightened, Express daft, Independent one long gloomy whinge.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Dizzy's our only hope?Ralph Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00669038533754181563noreply@blogger.com