tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879765.post7772826619162908679..comments2023-11-05T20:57:32.974+10:00Comments on Tug Boat Potemkin: Mr Burke's Unpleasant SurpriseGummo Trotskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13793212800261216868noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879765.post-58012264174868954562007-06-30T19:25:00.000+10:002007-06-30T19:25:00.000+10:00David,Sorry for the tardy reply (and a brevity app...David,<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the tardy reply (and a brevity approaching terseness).<BR/><BR/>I doubt that Burke was all that different from a modern politician when it came to his party, and the party room. One of "St Burke's" virtues (I gather from reading his disciples) is that he was a practicing politician who somehow managed to climb above politics in his writings. That, I seriously doubt.<BR/>Gummo Trotskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13793212800261216868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879765.post-70635885862477140422007-06-28T08:33:00.000+10:002007-06-28T08:33:00.000+10:00While modern MPs might attend their electorates, t...While modern MPs might attend their electorates, they usually act with complete independence of their electors wishes, but bow to the party room rather than stand on their principles. I'd go for Burke any day.<BR/><BR/>You mention Liberalism/liberalism interestingly. Burke, classed a conservative, was much more into natural freedoms that the LPA. While the Liberal Party claims Burke as their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com