tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post9053311305651755923..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Quote of the Day: California, Death of the Dream -Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-61451226507740749632020-06-29T20:38:57.081+01:002020-06-29T20:38:57.081+01:00But consider this - the 'progressive left'...But consider this - the 'progressive left' knows that, if it ever did solve the problems of the disadvantaged, they could no longer rely on their votes, so there is an incentive to keep them disadvantaged to keep their votes.<br /><br />Indeed the exact opposite of Margaret Thatcher's approach, where she set out to draw the 'underclass' upwards via 'right to buy' etc., in order to convert them into Tory voters. Gerrymandering perhaps, but a more positive approach to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com