tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post9128666150327886315..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: The best part of the London Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony: Homage to our NHSJohn Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-6007922331722324362012-07-29T23:40:39.141+01:002012-07-29T23:40:39.141+01:00A well made point Dave.
The trouble with the Gre...A well made point Dave. <br /><br />The trouble with the Green Trots is that they think they will be living in Palaces while the rest of us will be serving them from our hovels.John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-89535621880089040712012-07-29T21:14:32.064+01:002012-07-29T21:14:32.064+01:00Hi John,
I don't suppose that anon sees the i...Hi John,<br /><br />I don't suppose that anon sees the irony of expressing his/her admiration for a "simpler more sustainable way of life" via a computer which would not exist if not for the industrial revolution. Nothing simple about grinding poverty.<br /><br />Like you I thought the ceremony was superb: the working class, IKB, et all ( suffragettes - suspect he wouldn't have gotten away with Trade Unionists marching on stage banners flying - that would have given the right wing whingers something to whinge <br />about ). British music, film, creativity. And humour from Mr Bean to the entrance of the Queen (which even a republican like myself could enjoy.)Great stuff and makes me glad I live here.<br />And while the industrial revolution was at times a murderous process our forbears struggle to democratise it has given us our modern world.<br />Have to part company on this one anon. I'd rather be typing this response than living the life of a pre-industrial peasant.<br />Regards,<br />Dave DraycottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-10650281850934542142012-07-29T15:03:17.267+01:002012-07-29T15:03:17.267+01:00Hi anon
No I didn't - check out previous post...Hi anon<br /><br />No I didn't - check out previous post http://grayee.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-third-london-olympics-2012-greatest.html<br /><br />I'm not sure that it was "celebrating" the Industrial Revolution rather it was explaining our history? <br /><br />Not that I "buy" the Golden Age nonsense about life before it. For the mass of the population it was "poor, nasty, brutish and short".John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-44425769896826881282012-07-29T13:34:18.717+01:002012-07-29T13:34:18.717+01:00I am not sure why anyone would celebrate the Indus...I am not sure why anyone would celebrate the Industrial Revolution. It destroyed a simpler and sustainable way of living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-81950622758207136122012-07-29T13:33:52.086+01:002012-07-29T13:33:52.086+01:00You don't say if you or your fellow Councillor...You don't say if you or your fellow Councillors got free tickets to the Opening Ceremony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com