Apologies for no-show for two days. This has been due to illness.
Lasy night BBC's Evan Davis interviewed the Prime Minister David Cameron. In the course of the interview Davis played a clip of a speech by a former Conservative minister, Peter Lilley. It was clear that Lilley was laughing at the poor. Davis asked Cameron could such an interview happen today. While not directly answering the question, he did incline to say that Lilley's 'tone' was wrong. Watching the Lilley clip it was as clear as day that if such words were issued today the election would be lost for the Conservatives.
Away from work and sick in bed leaves the soul a restless place. There's only so much you can read or listen to on radio. Turn to YouTube. I did just that and listened to two talks. One was given by an English Dominican Aidan Nichols on the future of the Catholic Church in England and the other was a talk given by another English Dominican, Timothy Radcliffe. His talk was in St Paul's and he spoke on what is the point in being a Christian.
Has everything to do with Cameron's understanding of 'tone'? Listening to Nichols and Radcliffe the difference between the two men is breathtakingly stark.
Has everything just to do with style and 'tone'?
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