Comments on: Quote of the day http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:37:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ian B http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12105 Ian B Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:50:16 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12105 @Charles The point I was hamfistedly trying to make was that this political issue is <i>treated</i> as a moral issue. @Charles

The point I was hamfistedly trying to make was that this political issue is treated as a moral issue.

]]> By: Charles http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12104 Charles Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:32:16 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12104 @Ian B Not really. Whether you agree with them or not it is fact that a significant number of people have a moral basis for their beliefs on homosexuality. Allocation of taxpayer resources to different uses is a political debate not a moral one. @Ian B

Not really. Whether you agree with them or not it is fact that a significant number of people have a moral basis for their beliefs on homosexuality.

Allocation of taxpayer resources to different uses is a political debate not a moral one.

]]> By: Ian B http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12072 Ian B Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:00:49 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12072 Well, one way of looking at this hullabaloo is that it's the equivalent of a politician saying "homosexuals should be protected by law, and given the right to marry one another", in the 1960s. Nobody would be interested in a sober discussion of the issue; the reaction would have been entirely visceral and characterised by moral condemnation. Same thing. Well, one way of looking at this hullabaloo is that it’s the equivalent of a politician saying “homosexuals should be protected by law, and given the right to marry one another”, in the 1960s. Nobody would be interested in a sober discussion of the issue; the reaction would have been entirely visceral and characterised by moral condemnation. Same thing.

]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12069 Shaun Pilkington Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:11:59 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12069 "Unpatriotic" is farcical when it comes from a partisan domestic poltical source. It would mean, ultimately that anyone not voting Labour is unpatriotic and so on which leads to one party state mayhem. Hannan may have egged it up a bit for his US audience but his core points about queuing and waiting times will strike a chord with anyone who's core interaction with the NHS isn't Casualty on a Friday night or via the BBC. “Unpatriotic” is farcical when it comes from a partisan domestic poltical source. It would mean, ultimately that anyone not voting Labour is unpatriotic and so on which leads to one party state mayhem. Hannan may have egged it up a bit for his US audience but his core points about queuing and waiting times will strike a chord with anyone who’s core interaction with the NHS isn’t Casualty on a Friday night or via the BBC.

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12065 Mark Wadsworth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12065 Even worse, Hannan has been accused of being "unpatriotic". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8200817.stm Even worse, Hannan has been accused of being “unpatriotic”.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8200817.stm

]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12064 LFAT Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:12:52 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12064 I suspect Cameron wanted to say something a bit stronger than that, Shaun. I suspect Cameron wanted to say something a bit stronger than that, Shaun.

]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/08/14/quote-of-the-day-345/#comment-12061 Shaun Pilkington Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:39:17 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=4045#comment-12061 That's as close as we'll ever get to a Party leader turning round to say 'Aw, bless his cotton socks but he's messed his diaper again, the wee tyke!'... That’s as close as we’ll ever get to a Party leader turning round to say ‘Aw, bless his cotton socks but he’s messed his diaper again, the wee tyke!’…

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