Myths and political lies
It is interesting to speculate on the difference between a myth and a political lie. The current government is trying to pretend that the reason for their current policies is the failure of the previous government to bring the the deficit under control and that it is all much worse than they thought. This is clearly a lie, the deficit is slightly better than predicted by the previous government.
By telling this lie and by keep repeating they hope to persuade people that there vicious attack on the sate is not their fault. Of course it is and it is part of the right-wing philosophy of the Tories. The Lib-Dems are like rabbits in car headlights, they are totally fascinated by the appearance of power and can't resist. So we have a new myth that will arise, how the Labour Government wasted the countries resources recklessly. The fact that the country would be in a sever depression by now without those measures is totally lost.
This is just another myth to add to a list of lies and myths that the right-wing like to spread. Usually with the support of a right-wing media. One of the earlier ones is the idea that the 60's was a creation of a free & easy moral permissiveness of the Labour Government under Harold Wilson. There is a glimmer of truth in that but the beginning of the trend was the government of that other Harold, Harold Macmillan. I can remember the election campaign of October 1959,
“Indeed let us be frank about it – most of our people have never had it so good.” This was a government which ended in 1964, half-way through the 60's, with scandals of a sexual nature. That was the beginning of the moral permissiveness. As was his decision to legalise gambling and create betting shops.
These were good things to do, it took gambling out of the criminal classes and made it easier for people to gamble legally. It was Harold Wilson's government which went on to legalise homosexuality and make abortions legal. These were following on from the previous Tory government but the seeds for the liberalisation of our laws had been set in motion. There are important lessons for today in relation to drugs. We just have to accept that the criminalisation of drugs has failed to stop people using them so we must move to decriminalise their use.
To my final example of myths about the Labour party and lies told by the Tories. It was a Tory government that came back from Munich waving a piece of paper in the air and claiming peace in our time. It was the leader of the opposition, Clement Atlee who opposed the treaty! Yet Mrs Thatcher. for one, always seemed to claim that the Labour party wasthe party of appeasement when it was the Tories, remember they were in power for the whole time that Hitler was in power in Germany.
The Tories learned a lot of lessons from the Nazis, one of which is to tell big lies and keep repeating them. Truth is something which many politicians find a difficult concept but I am afraid that the Tories seem to find it harder than most.
By telling this lie and by keep repeating they hope to persuade people that there vicious attack on the sate is not their fault. Of course it is and it is part of the right-wing philosophy of the Tories. The Lib-Dems are like rabbits in car headlights, they are totally fascinated by the appearance of power and can't resist. So we have a new myth that will arise, how the Labour Government wasted the countries resources recklessly. The fact that the country would be in a sever depression by now without those measures is totally lost.
This is just another myth to add to a list of lies and myths that the right-wing like to spread. Usually with the support of a right-wing media. One of the earlier ones is the idea that the 60's was a creation of a free & easy moral permissiveness of the Labour Government under Harold Wilson. There is a glimmer of truth in that but the beginning of the trend was the government of that other Harold, Harold Macmillan. I can remember the election campaign of October 1959,
“Indeed let us be frank about it – most of our people have never had it so good.” This was a government which ended in 1964, half-way through the 60's, with scandals of a sexual nature. That was the beginning of the moral permissiveness. As was his decision to legalise gambling and create betting shops.
These were good things to do, it took gambling out of the criminal classes and made it easier for people to gamble legally. It was Harold Wilson's government which went on to legalise homosexuality and make abortions legal. These were following on from the previous Tory government but the seeds for the liberalisation of our laws had been set in motion. There are important lessons for today in relation to drugs. We just have to accept that the criminalisation of drugs has failed to stop people using them so we must move to decriminalise their use.
To my final example of myths about the Labour party and lies told by the Tories. It was a Tory government that came back from Munich waving a piece of paper in the air and claiming peace in our time. It was the leader of the opposition, Clement Atlee who opposed the treaty! Yet Mrs Thatcher. for one, always seemed to claim that the Labour party wasthe party of appeasement when it was the Tories, remember they were in power for the whole time that Hitler was in power in Germany.
The Tories learned a lot of lessons from the Nazis, one of which is to tell big lies and keep repeating them. Truth is something which many politicians find a difficult concept but I am afraid that the Tories seem to find it harder than most.
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