witch not dead at all

[woolymonkey]

I see no reason to celebrate the death of a senile old lady.

I would love to celebrate the death of Thatcherism, as opposed to Thatcher, but we've had a decade of a Labour party too scared to challenge the notion that profit is the only value worth measuring, and now Cameron (and Wossname) taxing bedrooms, privatising the NHS and destroying equal oppportunity in education while giving tax cuts to the rich.

Yes, I've been listening to Elvis Costello
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but I don't care if this or Ding Dong or bloody Justin Bieber gets to number 1.  What would that change if we don't have politicians willing to stand up and say that some things are worth paying tax to fund, and voters willing to elect them?

The witch cast a long shadow and we are still living in it.
(Though I suppose it's bleakly cheering that at least Iain Banks gets to outlive her.)

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Can we just mourn Annette Funicello instead?

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yep.
Free market mega-capitalism does not work, but those with power are so in love with power and access to the superrich that they will not see this, or will not change it.

[doubtingmichael.livejournal.com]

Well said.

[history-monk.livejournal.com]

Yup. She herself was no longer relevant - although there do seem to be a lot of people in the media who haven't noticed that. What may be more interesting, in a year or two, is how the Conservative Party changes. That could go in several directions.