1 post tagged “1984”

Kerry McCarthy (Labour Member of Parliament for Bristol East) and Bastard Old Holborn (Libertarian Blogger) both manage to be wrong in quite spectacular different ways on their respective blogs.

Supposesly libertarian Old Holborn shows his Tory colours with his racist (although he'd call it un-PC) calls to round up and imprison without trial all the 'immigrants' in St Pauls because the Police 'know who they are' and that apparently prostitution is all the fault of open immigration, not exactly liberal or libertarian.

Kerry McCarthy manages to totally miss the point about the 1984 postings and claims that the LPUKers are making an organised attack on her blog, thing is - they're quite right that she doesn't get it : her voting record and support for her party show she is pro-authoritarian, supporting everything from extending detention without trial to larger DNA databases and ID Cards, while refusing to come out in favour of the pretty well argued liberalisation that would greatly reduce the prostitution problems she describes - quite how she can complain about BMW driving businessmen, while her government keeps the pimps in power by criminalising drugs and forcing heroin users into crime, I don't understand - probably because she's managed to get the hang of doublethink as described in 1984.

Interestingly these two blogs show the uglyness and inconsistent of the rabid socialists ("The state is there to look after, protect the people from themselves") and the Tory/Libertarians like Guido and Old Holborn ("YOU voted for criminals to have more rights than their victims. Not me.").

OTOH both manage to get a few things right, Kerry obviously puts some effort into her constituency work, and OH "organised" a pleasant stroll to westminster in appropriate fancy dress on Guy Fawkes night, the LPUK 1984 book campaign was a good idea and brilliantly timed.. I think that like David Davis, they can sometimes do the right thing on principle that deserves support and applause, even if much of the time I disagree with them and hold some of their views in contempt.

p.s. neglected to post it here on 5th november, but I love this variation of the Obama Hope poster