[543] in libertarians
Hello!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (A J GWYNNE)
Fri Jan 6 13:15:46 1995
From: "A J GWYNNE" <MM920031@newi.ac.uk>
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 18:12:08 +0000
Return-Receipt-To: "A J GWYNNE" <MM920031@newi.ac.uk>
Hello.
My name is Andrew Gwynne, I am 20 and from Manchester in the United
Kingdom over in Europe. I am currently studying for a Higher National
Diploma (HND) in Business & Finance at the North East Wales Institute
of Higher Education in Wrexham, Clwyd (a county in Wales, which is a
small Principality in the UK), but I am planning to transfer to the University
of Manchester next year to begin a Bachelor of Social Sciences (hons.) in
Politics and Government Political Theories.
I am currently sat at this computer terminal in our Learning Resources and IT
Centre (excuse the use of the Queen's English when spelling centre!), flicking
through the Internet when I came across your pages.
Although I do not profess to agree with all of your policies, I do
agree with the need for individual liberty in society. I am what is
called a "Socialist" in this country......but before you all call me
a Commie etc.....a socialist in Britain IS NOT an extreme left-wing
politician of the former Soviet creed, but a moderate left-of-centre
politician of the European social democratic tradition!
I am a member of the British Labour Party which, when in government
between 1945-51; 1964-1970 and 1974-1979 (sadly we've been in
opposition for the past sixteen years....but the tide is finally
turning!) was responsible for the setting up of our Welfare State,
the National Health Service (that's FREE health care to ALL Citizens,
not bad eh????), Comprehensive and Free State Education, including
the Open University programme which allows people to study for
under-graduate and post-graduate qualifications at home and at their
own speed (for people who are unable, for whatever reasons, to attend
University), the implementation of Equal Opportunity legislation
including the Equal Pay Act which gave women the right to the same
pay for doing the same job......and the list goes on! Even
Thatcherism couldn't destroy the basic principles of the NHS, the
welfare state and the comprehensive education system.......although
16 years of Conservatism has withered away some basic elements of
these. And Labour Governments achieved full employment through a
Keynsianist/monetarist programme of economic policies.
Anyway, I'm writing to develop cross-Atlantic political
debate.......if anyone out there is interested??????
my e-mail address is MM920031@newi.ac.uk
I look forward to hearing from someone in the USA (former colonies!
hahaha!)........even if we don't agree on policies!
Regards,
Andrew.
