Enough of this talk about values
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1454827,00.html
High-minded talk by Labour about bringing morality back into politics
is naive and hypocritical
Madeleine Bunting
Friday April 8, 2005
The Guardian
There was a point in the mid-90s when discussion about morality carried
a whiff of Parma violets - unmistakably old-fashioned. No politician
appealed to morality, and all political argument was conducted in terms
of economic efficiency. A decade on, and the situation is reversed.
Increasingly, political elections in western democracies are being
decided not on straight economic issues but on a range of emotionally
resonant, identity-linked values.
Two recent pamphlets promote this politics of values. Something more
compelling, something to inspire and generate faith is required, argues
Meg Russell in her paper for the Fabian Society, Must Politics
Disappoint? She claims that values could do much to reverse the apathy
of contemporary politics, bringing about a reconnection with voters,
while differentiating between the parties in order to silence the
they're- all-alike attack on politicians.
Madeleine Bunting
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