tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4478173148933398042..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Has Gordon Been Reading Marx?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53306150821949011852009-02-02T10:33:00.000+00:002009-02-02T10:33:00.000+00:00Strapworld: You should also read Galbraith's "The ...Strapworld: You should also read Galbraith's "The Crash of 1929".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52529014143765358602009-01-30T19:20:00.000+00:002009-01-30T19:20:00.000+00:00'No self-respecting journalist would ever publish ...'No self-respecting journalist would ever publish that.' Well if you had read the comments before making your own, you'd see that one already has. <BR/><BR/>'This is the problem with' <I>the dead tree press</I> '- you can write any old shit and get away with it.'<BR/><BR/>Andy, 'are you dim?'Scary Biscuitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039289019338752778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69639883149296454232009-01-30T17:24:00.000+00:002009-01-30T17:24:00.000+00:00Are you dim? Technology? erm....This is the proble...Are you dim? Technology? erm....<BR/>This is the problem with blogs - you can write any old shit and get away with it. No self-respecting journalist would ever publish that.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755490516141328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75752779257217279682009-01-29T15:09:00.000+00:002009-01-29T15:09:00.000+00:00Mit dem Meisterwerk von Marx hat man zwei Moeglich...Mit dem Meisterwerk von Marx hat man zwei Moeglichkeiten...<BR/><BR/>Entweder "Das Kapital" oder einfach "Capital"... niemals "Das Capital".<BR/><BR/>Aber du weisst das schon, nicht wahr? ;)Wallensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338735499450936880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46123985765575038742009-01-29T14:30:00.000+00:002009-01-29T14:30:00.000+00:00I can see the influence of Marx in Brown's whole p...I can see the influence of Marx in Brown's whole poltical career. Principally "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera".Steve Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992098012803570361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8957213774974896062009-01-29T13:44:00.000+00:002009-01-29T13:44:00.000+00:00Seems like it fooled Jonathan Russell, editor of t...Seems like it fooled Jonathan Russell, editor of the Torygraph's City Diary, as well. He reproduces the quote in his column today, without a hat tip!!It Will Come to Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199226174239193003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32829194331210445902009-01-29T13:40:00.000+00:002009-01-29T13:40:00.000+00:00Looks like No 10 reads your Blog Ian. They have re...Looks like No 10 reads your Blog Ian. They have removed the damaging photo on their web site that I linked to, It was also on the home page and they have removed that too.Mr Mrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606310204997824787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72658695476654708482009-01-29T13:27:00.000+00:002009-01-29T13:27:00.000+00:00I am going to put my hands up to this one and admi...I am going to put my hands up to this one and admit it fooled me, mainly because I wanted to believe it.<BR/><BR/>Mea CulpaWrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70881610334981110242009-01-29T13:01:00.000+00:002009-01-29T13:01:00.000+00:00Not the Karl Marx I read, more like Groucho!I caug...Not the Karl Marx I read, more like Groucho!<BR/><BR/>I caught up, just, with a television programme on the great crash.<BR/><BR/>It was just quite amazing the similarities between then and now. Indeed frightening. Adding Houses etc to stock and we are just in the same position.<BR/><BR/>The Term 'Global Market' was used then as well! Plus the Americans had a President, Hoover, who saw it coming but did nothing about it! Whilst we have a Prime Minister that ignored all the warning signs and cannot do anything about it.strapworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228784526399929300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56822419093401849042009-01-29T12:49:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:49:00.000+00:00Nevermind Karl Marx, I think Brown has been readin...Nevermind Karl Marx, I think Brown has been reading his toilet role after he has used it - given the policy mismash he offers to make things worse.<BR/><BR/>Time for Brown to be given the Boot!<BR/><BR/>Labour Labour Labour - Out Out Out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18275097969524017002009-01-29T12:47:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:47:00.000+00:00He needs to read Human Action by Ludwig von Mises....He needs to read Human Action by Ludwig von Mises.no longer anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832752807489967541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3198759694007205972009-01-29T12:35:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:35:00.000+00:00It's not Karl Marx. Made up.(I fell into that trap...It's not Karl Marx. Made up.<BR/><BR/>(I fell into that trap)Madasafishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109237198481955714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36387040415818187922009-01-29T12:27:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:27:00.000+00:00it's a patently false quoteit's a patently false quoteTom Powdrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511483398745094803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61971744595262111592009-01-29T12:24:00.001+00:002009-01-29T12:24:00.001+00:00On the button, Raedwald.Gordon Brown understood th...On the button, Raedwald.<BR/><BR/>Gordon Brown understood that to keep the proletariat in a state of consumerist bliss was to neutralise their critical faculties.<BR/><BR/>As Bill Bailey said,"There won't be a revolution if the Snooker's on".Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64334419016651442572009-01-29T12:24:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:24:00.000+00:00Odd that no one can find this quote in Das Kapital...Odd that no one can find this quote in Das Kapital.<BR/><BR/>Did Marx ever use the word "nationalization" ?ahs bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494152466145036258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71240442559997898282009-01-29T12:21:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:21:00.000+00:00Not if he read that quote. It doesn't come from K...Not if he read that quote. It doesn't come from Karl Marx.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55467803099349885802009-01-29T12:15:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:15:00.000+00:00It's a fake Iain. A fake quote. Do you believe t...It's a fake Iain. A fake quote. Do you believe the working classes could afford to purchase houses during old Marx's time. And ''technology'' wasn't even a widely used word.Sixxstring90https://www.blogger.com/profile/05933864523348635275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10310575530518963672009-01-29T12:08:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:08:00.000+00:00How remarkably prescient of old Karl! And he seems...How remarkably prescient of old Karl! And he seems to have abandoned his use of the term 'proletariat' and all that stuff about 'means of production' in favour of a prediction about iPods. Pretty smart for a guy from an age when technology meant whittling a fourth prong for the wife's washing tub dolly.Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83040181253593349722009-01-29T12:06:00.000+00:002009-01-29T12:06:00.000+00:00If Gordon reads his website, then he is going to b...If Gordon reads his website, then he is going to be a very unhappy bunny.<BR/><BR/>Don't mention the recession is his latest wheeze or at least keep it Global.. So he will not be happy with <B><I>"Latest News UK Recession Brown"</I></B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page18172" REL="nofollow">The future of digital Britain</A>Mr Mrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606310204997824787noreply@blogger.com