in desperation, now

[sebastienne]

Oxford people - Ben Goldacre needs you. It really is easy to get involved: I emailed them at half 3 and I'm going flyering at half 5.

Regardless of your party affiliation, Evan Harris really is one of the good guys. Even an hour of your time can make a difference. They're calling him 'Dr Death'.

But there is no "regardless of your party affiliation", is there? There is only history, terrifyingly, inevitably, rolling over the same mistakes and the same evils.

I can't lie down and let this take us. I love you, Britain, like Ginsberg loved America, even though I could never be recognised as a patriot by those who read about us queers in the Daily Mail.

If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you not to be young. I warn you not to fall ill. I warn you not to get old.

(Neil Kinnock, via cannons_at_dawn and Jonathan Freedland)

Comments

[like-achilles.livejournal.com]

... even though I could never be recognised as a patriot by those who read about us queers in the Daily Mail.

So I'm in a pre-electoral state of heightened emotion here, but reading that made me tear up.

Fingers and everything else crossed.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

Given that your Kinnock quote made me tear up earlier, I think we're even on this :)

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about that Kinnock quote for hours now. It chills me to the bone.