Tuesday, April 12, 2005
But, above all, Labour supporters who vote against Blair would not be endorsing policies they abhor: the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the anti-terrorism measures, privatisation and the like.
It sounds reasonable. The only objection seems to be that the calculation involves a kind of intellectual cowardice by people who want to keep their consciences clean while relying on others to get on with the dirty business of voting in a Labour government.
But the real problem isn't intellectual or moral but the practical possibility that political sophisticates are nowhere near as wised-up as they like to imagine. All the calculations and the striking of daring positions stand on a reckless gamble that the polls are right.
Nick Cohen.
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It sounds reasonable. The only objection seems to be that the calculation involves a kind of intellectual cowardice by people who want to keep their consciences clean while relying on others to get on with the dirty business of voting in a Labour government.
But the real problem isn't intellectual or moral but the practical possibility that political sophisticates are nowhere near as wised-up as they like to imagine. All the calculations and the striking of daring positions stand on a reckless gamble that the polls are right.
Nick Cohen.
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