I’m from The Left, and here’s an awkward observation. People on The Right are often perfectly willing to listen to arguments from the Left. People on the Left, far less so.
Why? Is this because disagreement on the Right is treated as debate, whereas on the Left it is treated as betrayal?
I wholeheartedly agree with this and have been thinking the same myself for a while. Politicians should be held accountable for what they promise and have to live up to their commitments. Manifesto commitments should be legally binding, and this should be equally applicable to the civil service to enact them. Should breaking a manifesto commitment automatically trigger a general election or a no confidence vote (for example)?
I've followed you and Kevin for years. Hopefully you will have time to resurrect The Thought Police again. My question is: if you could live your life again, is there anything that you would change? Thanks for making my mornings great again!!
Hi Mike, great that you have gone out on your own,
Do you think ANY new government will EVER rein in "the blob" ? it seems MP's start genuine wanting to change the country for the better, but as time goes on its either "leave" or "get your nose in the trough, take the benefits and ignore the rest on the take" let the blob get ever closer to the EU, more immigration/globalisation etc, its so webbed up it would take a tight team 10 years in office to actually weed it all out?
I have enjoyed watching the Mike Graham show and plank of the week/day, and subscribed stariaght away from Australia after you went solo, but the one thing that jars is the animosity with Tommy Robinson. I can see that some of his early associations were questionable, but he is fairly mainstream these days and goes out of his way to try to ensure that his marches etc are peaceful. He has been proven right on so many fronts. Could there ever be a truce between you?
Do you believe there were ulterior motives in play? You're phone was hacked/stolen and yet Talk wouldn't accept that despite this happening to literally thousands of people. So we're the knives already being sharpened and could this have been a inside job?
Should we look at changing the voting system in parliament? We have situations where threats of having the whip taken away (for example) is used to stop MP's voting against the government for legislation they don't support or believe in. MP's are our representatives in parliament and should vote on the basis of what their constituents are saying and not their own, or their party's agenda(s).
I can remember decades ago when the left side of politics was keen on debating issues and good at it whilst the conservative side tended towards a grumpy assertion that thier ideas were self evidently correct and to argue merely encouraged shit stirrers and other idiots.
It seems the roles have reversed. The left is now the orthodoxy and is behaving in a way reminiscent of the Establishment in the 1960s i.e. inflexible, authoritarian, unimaginative and drifting out of touch.
Do you agree &/or is there more to add &/or something else happening?
Who’s Actually Open-Minded Here?
I’m from The Left, and here’s an awkward observation. People on The Right are often perfectly willing to listen to arguments from the Left. People on the Left, far less so.
Why? Is this because disagreement on the Right is treated as debate, whereas on the Left it is treated as betrayal?
Do think it is time that we are able to take politicians to court for lying to the electorate? Should we make them manifesto compliant?
I wholeheartedly agree with this and have been thinking the same myself for a while. Politicians should be held accountable for what they promise and have to live up to their commitments. Manifesto commitments should be legally binding, and this should be equally applicable to the civil service to enact them. Should breaking a manifesto commitment automatically trigger a general election or a no confidence vote (for example)?
I've followed you and Kevin for years. Hopefully you will have time to resurrect The Thought Police again. My question is: if you could live your life again, is there anything that you would change? Thanks for making my mornings great again!!
Hi Mike, great that you have gone out on your own,
Do you think ANY new government will EVER rein in "the blob" ? it seems MP's start genuine wanting to change the country for the better, but as time goes on its either "leave" or "get your nose in the trough, take the benefits and ignore the rest on the take" let the blob get ever closer to the EU, more immigration/globalisation etc, its so webbed up it would take a tight team 10 years in office to actually weed it all out?
I have enjoyed watching the Mike Graham show and plank of the week/day, and subscribed stariaght away from Australia after you went solo, but the one thing that jars is the animosity with Tommy Robinson. I can see that some of his early associations were questionable, but he is fairly mainstream these days and goes out of his way to try to ensure that his marches etc are peaceful. He has been proven right on so many fronts. Could there ever be a truce between you?
We had lions led by donkeys for wwI to describe the incompetence of the generals. What combination would you choose for today's political situation?
Do you believe there were ulterior motives in play? You're phone was hacked/stolen and yet Talk wouldn't accept that despite this happening to literally thousands of people. So we're the knives already being sharpened and could this have been a inside job?
Should we look at changing the voting system in parliament? We have situations where threats of having the whip taken away (for example) is used to stop MP's voting against the government for legislation they don't support or believe in. MP's are our representatives in parliament and should vote on the basis of what their constituents are saying and not their own, or their party's agenda(s).
Does Mike know what Nick Brown did?
Will the truth ever come out?
I'm sure Kelvin McKenzie was an acquaintance were you of..."Jeffrey Bernard is unwell"?
I can remember decades ago when the left side of politics was keen on debating issues and good at it whilst the conservative side tended towards a grumpy assertion that thier ideas were self evidently correct and to argue merely encouraged shit stirrers and other idiots.
It seems the roles have reversed. The left is now the orthodoxy and is behaving in a way reminiscent of the Establishment in the 1960s i.e. inflexible, authoritarian, unimaginative and drifting out of touch.
Do you agree &/or is there more to add &/or something else happening?