tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post3063495037847205998..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: This tells us more about Monbiot's posh socialism than about conservatism...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-72397647799976522982012-10-23T19:26:55.303+01:002012-10-23T19:26:55.303+01:00What about all the conservatives that were against...What about all the conservatives that were against public rights of way? If it hadn't been for people, mainly (but I bet not exclusively) lefties, engaging in mass trespass then urban working-class people would have been shut out of the countryside altogether.<br /><br />The millions who enjoy access to the countryside on footpaths are still begrudged by the sort of people Monbiot rightly slags off.<br /><br />Besides which, he is more than willing to go against conventional wisdom, for instance when he supports nuclear energy. If he agrees with the left on most things it's because he has assessed their claims and thinks they are right, not because he is a mindless drone.singapore slingnoreply@blogger.com