tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206230760891278528.post4163931872711738038..comments2023-10-31T17:09:36.316+00:00Comments on The Long Walk Home: Letter To The Prime MinisterJae Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17816403017115766947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206230760891278528.post-80885399376211954202010-08-02T09:25:19.317+01:002010-08-02T09:25:19.317+01:00Oh I know Paul. I intentional used it. When I writ...Oh I know Paul. I intentional used it. When I write to Labour people I flatter their egos with their LGBT record. When I write to Tories I tell them what I want them to hear in a way they'd want to hear it. ;)Jae Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816403017115766947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206230760891278528.post-18735952230134454172010-08-02T09:14:44.698+01:002010-08-02T09:14:44.698+01:00Jae,
Good letter - except for your falling for ...Jae,<br /><br />Good letter - except for your falling for this government's perverted use of "empower". It used to mean virtually the same as "enable": to empower people meant to give them the power to do what they might seek to do. This government is trading on the positive connotations of the word to infiltrate something sinister, namely, using the term to mask the dumping of tasks on people who are ill-equipped to perform them and which are rightly done by the state.<br /><br />PaulPaul Brownseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764726326208869989noreply@blogger.com