Thursday 28 July 2011

Surfing along: political parties

One of the joys of the Internet is the freedom it gives to study the views of political parties/ pressure groups and their members.

It is fascinating to a political anorak such as myself to explore the machinations of the minor parties of right and left.  Both left and right spend more time attacking organisations on their wing than attacking the opposing wing, or challenging the major parties.  In this regard nothing has changed over the years.  What has changed is the weaponry used to mount attacks.  Websites, fora and blogs have replaced the pamphlet.

The small parties of left and right engage in bitter internecine arguments of little interest to the vast majority of the population.  A flavour of the disputation may be found by following this link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/142531385797995

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