Tuesday 24 April 2007

Same old New

The echoes of early and mid 20th century propaganda and press control heard in the last ten years are worth commenting on. It is as if there has been a style indulgence in secretly admired regimes, accompanied by an assumption that the rest of us would not notice the similarities and derivations. Words and phrases that come from comment pieces and ministerial announcements suggest the past that is being drawn upon now for practice and for imagery.

The word 'new' has risen again as a marker for authoritarians, their achievements, and their goals.

4 comments:

Newmania said...

Right on HG I `m in continuity Conservative Party, I suggested today that the BNOP should call thems;leves New BNP and all would be forgiven

Anonymous said...

not to mention these days you can be jailed for heckling john reid...

hatfield girl said...

N, They've got an Olympic Games to play with as well - flaming torches, anthems, strength through joy...

hatfield girl said...

Are you one of the Gower Street Godlesses, Godless?

The last heckler was dragged from the Labour conference and merely threatened with the anti 'terrorism' laws (and he was lucky as 80 year olds are going to prison now, even when they're mad as bats); it must be over a year they've wanted to get this, one and this time it's prison.