tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post4333400878160341321..comments2024-03-28T13:35:40.706+00:00Comments on HPANWO Voice: Unitary Authority for OxonBen Emlyn-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858990047274822000noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-81652923562294017212017-06-09T13:31:24.024+01:002017-06-09T13:31:24.024+01:00Laurence, it's a bit like a Secular Protestant...Laurence, it's a bit like a Secular Protestant Reformation. ;-) Ben Emlyn-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858990047274822000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-81581837875097828272017-06-06T20:13:59.321+01:002017-06-06T20:13:59.321+01:00As you say Ben, do not underestimate the common-or...As you say Ben, do not underestimate the common-or-garden apparatchik; they can be as self-serving and autocratic as the best of them when handed power in this way. As an aside, I find the terminology of unitary interesting in and of itself: Unitarianism being the denial of the Holy Trinity. Laurencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-11721073244950893072017-06-06T20:01:15.131+01:002017-06-06T20:01:15.131+01:00That's true, Laurence. It's a domestic EU ...That's true, Laurence. It's a domestic EU basically. It scares me when govt power is placed in fewer and fewer hands, but that is the general strategic trend of modern politics.Ben Emlyn-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858990047274822000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-46031648143109445902017-06-06T19:48:38.277+01:002017-06-06T19:48:38.277+01:00Baz said, "I think what your saying in a way ...Baz said, "I think what your saying in a way is that common identity is important." I do not believe this is the point of the article; rather, Ben is warning against imposed centralisation, a centralisation that history demonstrates leads to autocratic decision making of the Marxist type, at the very least.Laurencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-19594126035511405172017-06-06T19:34:51.070+01:002017-06-06T19:34:51.070+01:00You're welcome, Baz. I've been to the Isle...You're welcome, Baz. I've been to the Isle of Dogs. It's a huge collection of skyscrapers today. I think the local people have moved out. I understand the value of monoethnic communities and sometimes think I'd like to live in one. Multi-ethnic communities are not all bad though. The one I'm in is fairly peaceful, even though it's far from posh (not all of Oxford is!). Ben Emlyn-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858990047274822000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-24638530181512427032017-06-06T19:25:38.030+01:002017-06-06T19:25:38.030+01:00Hi mate, interesting stuff ben. Never been to oxfo...Hi mate, interesting stuff ben. Never been to oxford to be fare but sounds a proper posh place to tell the truth. I agree with ya that island people are different and the smaller you get the more people are different and protect what theyve got especially there identity and what have you . Small is beutiful definitely ben. The more remote your power the less democratic I reckon. I was born and bred on the isle of dogs to be fare mate and yeah not really a proper island like were your david icke lives the isle of wight, but I tell ya Ben your isle of dogs people take no shit whatsoever. Absolutely no shit mate. Look after one another to be fare. I live in Dagenham now which by london standards is still monoethnic if you catch my drift Ben. I think what your saying in a way is that common identity is important. Im so glad we voted to leave the EU and though I was gonna always vote that way myself ben your blogs on the matter helped a lot so cheers again pal. BazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-61323571378445650052017-06-06T19:19:39.885+01:002017-06-06T19:19:39.885+01:00I won't. Go and watch the BBC if you're bo...I won't. Go and watch the BBC if you're bored!Ben Emlyn-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858990047274822000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907980016894811549.post-76914536765181108342017-06-06T18:48:28.693+01:002017-06-06T18:48:28.693+01:00What a boring blog, I'd give up if I were you....What a boring blog, I'd give up if I were you.<br />Regnoreply@blogger.com