Comments on: #occupylondon go all Pussy Riot in St Paul’s Cathedral

By: AC1

AC1 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:43:51 +0000

Occupy are merely a stealth group of marxists and their useful idiots wailing against economic freedom.

By: Graham Goldsmith

Graham Goldsmith — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:16:06 +0000

I think occupy want stricter regulations for banking institutions and higher taxes for the rich. For all cuts to be reversed, investment in infrastructure ie more borrowing and a plan for growth and full employment. In short a move toward socialism. Such a move then create s problems for market economics and wealth creation. Could you convince the working electorate that they should contribute more for those who have less. Would the rich take their money and invest elsewhere ? Social Justice may leave the country poorer (in money terms ) but would it be worth it if we built a more equal civilised society.

By: Goy

Goy — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:26:58 +0000

Far more dangerous – UK ‘Occupy’ the anomie space, the capturing and nullifying by the entitlement state of all sociopolitical associacions creating a massive political wilderness.

Millions of British people are being forced into a subcaste yet all is eerily quiet on the political front – the calm before the storm.

By: roger pearse

roger pearse — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:12:06 +0000

A bunch of selfish lefties, bursting with entitlement. They need to do some time in prison.

By: Sipech

Sipech — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:04:38 +0000

On the whole, I would support the actions taken in and around the cathedral. However, I agree with you that the lack of specific alternatives is the biggest weakness of the Occupy movement. It’s interesting to compare this to the Chartist movement of the 1830s, even though a petition of 3 million signatures was summarily dismissed by Parliament at the time. If today’s groan of injustice could be enunciated in a similar set of proposals, then and only then would the movement have a realistic chance of effecting change.

By: Jane Chelliah

Jane Chelliah — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:59:56 +0000

Stuart, This is one area that we will always disagree on. I have always blogged in support of Occupy. Collective action is gradually being phased out of our governance structures and it is the one thing that is badly needed to stand up for those being sidelined. It matters not that they don’t have answers. Even our politicians who went to the best universities have been accused of the same. Listen to what Occupy has to say instead.