Liberal elite
If you spend more than about three minutes listening to Peter Hitchens, "Mad" Mel Phillips, or George Pitcher (a particularly concrete-brained blogger on the Telegraph website), you'll be introduced to the idea of a "liberal elite" that runs the country and is fuelled by nought save the distilled essence of politicalcorrectnessgonemadinnit.

This liberal elite is guilty of many, many crimes: they think that a non-commercial BBC is a good idea; they don't hate foreigners and the EU; they don't believe that the government wants to raise tax for tax' sake; they like the idea of public spending on schools and hospitals; they insist on using such tools as facts, evidence and clear argument in debate(which is clearly cheating); they believe the official crime figures rather than the taboid headlines; they think that prison doesn't work and actually increases criminality; they're systematically sceptical and methodologically naturalistic; there's probably more.

Now, my question is this: If there is a liberal elite, it sounds like quite a nice group of people. How does one join?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 9:58, 3 replies)

I had always assumed
that you *were* one of the liberal elite. You wear cardigans and read the Guardian, no?

:)
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 10:07, closed)

Cardigans, yes (though I'm in a very nice pinstripe suit today)
Guardian, no. I'm an Independent reader by choice. The Graun is much too fluffy for me. It's by and for sociologists.


Anyway: how the fuck are you? I've not seen you around here for ages. (Mind you, I've not been here much, so that could explain it...)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 10:13, closed)

The Telegraph...
...is almost a tabloid these days.

I must confess that I too enjoy The Independent, the non-political agenda driven news reporting makes for a refreshing change.

Oh and how the heck are you Rakki? Not seen you about for aaaaaaages.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 28 Aug 2009, 10:25, closed)