Reply #36: Well, I can only go by what Carter said [View All]

[LeftishBrit]

He may have thought rightly or wrongly that his giving a long speech at that stage could lead to divisions that might affect the party's chances. He wouldn't be the only person ever to take a backseat under such circumstances.

'Do you agree with Carter on the Israel/Palestine conflict?'

About 75% of the time; but I suspect from your posts that you don't 'do' such nuances.

As in the following statement:

'On a different subject, perhaps, in a proper forum, you can explain why you think the Clinton administration had nothing to do with the deregulation of the financial and banking industry and therefore nothing to do with this economic crisis.'

I have never said anything of the sort. I consider that Reagan, Thatcher and their collaborators set the tone that started the disaster. I consider that many of their successors of the left and centre carried on with some of the same policies, and at best didn't do enough to reverse them. My country is still suffering from 'New Labour's continuation of many Thatcherite policies. But that doesn't mean that the primary responsibility doesn't rest with the *originators* of the policies