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Friday, March 10, 2023


UK Socialist/Labour Governments 

We voted them IN 22 Jan 1924  

Then OUT 4 Nov 1924 

IN 5 Jun 1929 

OUT 24 Aug 1931 

IN 26 Jul 1945 

OUT 26 Oct 1951 

IN 16 Oct 1964 

OUT 19 Jun 1970 

IN 4 Mar 1974 

OUT 4 May 1979 

IN 2 May 1997 

OUT 11 May 2010 

It’s called Democracy. Plus, the Bolsheviks (as another example) gained power in Russia in 1917 with a coup after failing in their attempt to gain an absolute majority in their parliament after a questionable election. Just 74 years later the Soviet Union collapsed with barely a shot fired. Weird, isn’t it, how a catchy slogan often doesn’t do so well after 10 minutes of research, a bit of common sense and a passing knowledge of history....

Oh, and NICE Soviet era PPSh-41. A classic sub-machine gun! 

6 comments:

Marianne said...

Well said, Kitten. It's those slogans that "convince" people what they just want to believe. :(

CyberKitten said...

As a basic rule any catchy 'sound-bite' is probably wrong - most especially if a politician says it. [grin]

Marianne said...

That's a good rule, more people should know that.

CyberKitten said...

I think we should all have far more than enough experience with that sort of thing by now - but one of the things we learn from History is that we generally don't learn from History.... [grin]

Marianne said...

So true.

Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Taken said...

We are apparently also against socialism here, but if you say 'FDR' to people, they give you blank stares in return.