Blog Standard

Earlier today I had a read of two-or-a-few articles here on the LPUK Members' Blog from our new blogroach Mr North. Bollocks I thought; this is all corporate spin; it doesn't get to the crux of the Crunch; it doesn't explain why the economy is battered, it's just an analysis of some of the stuff that happened, some of the momentary causes, not the significant underlying laws of motion; its conclusions won't stave off a future doomsday. In short it was all orthodox economics. Well written, attractively presented, and well adapted for a quick read over one's regulatory imposition of a lunch break.

The further thought occurred, that since these - as usual - were well written, and well represented the orthodox corporatist narrative, they'd be very welcome on either the LabourList or ConservativeHome blogs.

I did a quick Google, and found this from Labour:
Stop moaning Peter [Tatchell]...
...decrying Tatchell's continued and entirely correct assertion that civil partnerships do not result in equal treatment; to borrow an Americanism "separate but equal" is nonsense...

And this from the Tories:
Vince Cable was wrong...
...explaining how Andrew Lilico was right-that-it-was-right that over 100% mortgages would and should come back soon... Nice. Yes, well it's no secret that these guys would prefer to try re-inflating an already popped bubble than face reality, and they're bullying previously prudent banks into doing that for them: Nationwide offers 125pc mortgage...

So Mr North, maybe some of those posts do belong on the blog of one of the main parties, but if so they'd best the hateful and arse-numbingly stupid gibberish that Tweedledum and Tweedledumberer are currently spewing out de rigueur. Their thesis was ultimately empty, but at least they contained some real information.

As you were.