tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post7947494413378043401..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Why I don't think I'll ever be a ToryMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-33990489675901699242012-10-19T12:12:24.657+01:002012-10-19T12:12:24.657+01:00This analysis has been done before (in the 1920...This analysis has been done before (in the 1920's), reaching similar conclusions, by Richmal Compton's "Just William". His words were something like: -<br /><br /><i>The Socialists want to change things and the Conservatives want to leave things as they are. The Liberals also want to change things but not be so much as anyone would notice.</i><br /><br />Plus ca change...<br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-11988761432128127942012-10-14T09:15:43.609+01:002012-10-14T09:15:43.609+01:00Hi Tom.
It's interesting that you should make...Hi Tom.<br /><br />It's interesting that you should make assumptions about my employment status and how hard I work and then try to relate that to my lack of support for the Conservative party.<br /><br />I set up my own business in the middle of the last decade with some friends with no external investment at all. We have built it up from scratch to a business that employs 9 people despite being in the teeth of the worst recession in living memory. I'll leave it up to you to guess how hard we have all worked to make that possible.<br /><br />My problems with the Tory party stem from the things I wrote about in the blog post. There are other things too but my employment status has nothing to do with it. If anything I am slap bang in the middle of Osborne's "striver" demographic.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-58563084641557548102012-10-14T05:56:30.207+01:002012-10-14T05:56:30.207+01:00If you wantto become a Conservative may I suggest ...If you wantto become a Conservative may I suggest thatyou become self-employed and appreciate how hard you have to work to earn your moneyTom Meinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556288544174140300noreply@blogger.com