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I put a critique of the Demos paper up on Wikispooks yesteday. It includes a letter I sent to Demos plus the paper itself. Reading that paper is an education in the tunnel vision of aspiring (fawning is probably a better word) academics.
I await their reply with interest and will post it on the article's discussion page as and when.
The power of Unreason
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Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
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Who are Demos? Who funds them? I checked their financial statements and trustees (KPMG and WWF). There are 3 years behind in their financial statements. Market themselves as unique and independent (of what?) but hardly seems that way.
http://www.demos.co.uk/about
And their 'Progressive Conservatism' idea looks just like so much wankery.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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Magda Hassan Wrote:Who are Demos? Who funds them? I checked their financial statements and trustees (KPMG and WWF). There are 3 years behind in their financial statements. Market themselves as unique and independent (of what?) but hardly seems that way. http://www.demos.co.uk/about
And their 'Progressive Conservatism' idea looks just like so much wankery.
"So much wankery" - precisely so. They are so far up the backsides of those in, or aspiring to, political power that they cannot see daylight.
This is about the most thorough analysis of who and what they are that you're likely to find. I must get around to putting it on Wikispooks too:
Spin Profiles Demos page
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
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Thanks for that Peter. It's a good run down of them. Looks like they sell themselves to the highest bidder. Or any bidder for that matter. I'd call them political whores but that is such a slur on all the good hard working honorable sex workers around.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
