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tahir

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 04 9:27 am Post subject: Where Have all the Liberals Gone?

Radio 4 Thursday 20:30 Analysis
Where Have all the Liberals Gone?

Right and left seem to agree that when it comes to law and order, we need more sticks and fewer carrots. David Blunkett and Tony Blair argue that everything went wrong in the 1960s, thanks to the pernicious influence of weak-kneed liberals.

Paradoxically, however, we are now freer than ever when it comes to our private life. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto asks whether the liberal consensus has vanished forever.

jema
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 04 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Where Have all the Liberals Gone?

Tahir wrote:

Paradoxically, however, we are now freer than ever when it comes to our private life. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto asks whether the liberal consensus has vanished forever.

Anyone recall "The end of history" another load of hyperbole from a few years back!

We are undoubtably in a very "reactionary" period at the moment, but "vanished forever" I think not.

jema

snowball
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 04 9:56 am Post subject:
This one could be interesting. I often wonder if the Liberal consesus ever existed in the same way acedemics use the word. Does it relate to the attitudes of society (whatever that is) or the mainstream political parties and government?

tahir

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 04 9:57 am Post subject:
It's just a bit of sensationalism, liberalism is always there, just not very popular at the moment

sean
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 04 12:09 pm Post subject:
The one's with a small l are crying in front of the TV, I'm informed Sadly, that's probably still true.

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