tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post7826510838497738382..comments2023-08-02T10:45:41.531+01:00Comments on In the footsteps of the Fool: rise aboveDave Leekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-982550499973364102013-04-18T22:06:47.624+01:002013-04-18T22:06:47.624+01:00Good points, Katie.
I will re-read it as I am bli...Good points, Katie.<br /><br />I will re-read it as I am blinkered against him, as you well know. I wear my prejudices on my sleeve.<br /><br />In truth, the idea of celebrating her death has probably been over-exaggerated but Owen Jones's article in the Independent (Independent Voices) said all I'd want to say: short, (bitter)sweet and to the point - we're still reeling from the after-effects of T-ism. I agree with what you say but, unfortunately, don't think we've really learnt from the past. Well, WE might have but not those in power.<br /><br />I really do hope that it may have 'politicized a generation that was . . . ' as I've always been concerned that years of bland politics have produced political apathy. Perhaps Question Time should be on the Curriculum!<br /><br />Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-9432681278138174122013-04-15T03:18:09.479+01:002013-04-15T03:18:09.479+01:00Hi Dad,
After our conversation today I decided it...Hi Dad,<br /><br />After our conversation today I decided it was time to read Russell Brand's article for the Guardian. I agree with what you said about the flowery language being distracting, but I think once he got about halfway through he was quite articulate and into his flow. I think I sympathise with his perspective as one of 'Thatcher's Children': I don't remember exactly what happened, more the effect it had on others and what it feels like growing up in a post-Thatcher world. I thought it was well-written, with a good sense of irony, and his anecdote about her watering the flowers alone as a kind of poetic justice for the 'no such thing as society' comment struck true. <br /><br />I feel like the death of Thatcher has been not so much a cause for celebration as an opportunity to reflect on what she represented and learn from the past, and I am sure all the media attention has educated and politicized a generation that was previously complacent or ignorant about her politics. Kate Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448460280108024262noreply@blogger.com