tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post2823271532713476755..comments2024-03-18T16:33:31.633+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: How were the 2010 Predicitions?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14998021564750282722010-12-29T11:25:07.691+00:002010-12-29T11:25:07.691+00:00I suppose it gives the Hunt Saboteurs some new pur...I suppose it gives the Hunt Saboteurs some new purpose in life.<br /><br />The trouble with the opposition is that whilst the cuts are disliked, they are not widely perceived as inherently unfair / unbritish as the poll tax was.<br /><br />I think that the demonstrations so far ( and probably the future ones ) are more like the miners strike than the poll tax.<br /><br />One other difference between then and now being that we seem to have a lower tolerance of violent disorder - by the demonstrators and the police.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79062661591055247722010-12-29T10:20:35.116+00:002010-12-29T10:20:35.116+00:00Social problems? That was just the warm-up act. ...Social problems? That was just the warm-up act. They are planning local dummy-runs in February, preumably to get people motivated, then a full assault on London on 26th March.<br /><br />I get the impression the organised left aren't planning a nice peaceful 'Stop the War' type march here. They're hoping for something more like the Poll Tax Riots followed by Poll Tax Strike-style mass civil disobedience.<br /><br />Coalitions are weak governments, they think they can topple it.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.com