tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452832738433033525.post1628223726869445463..comments2024-01-30T07:01:29.873+00:00Comments on Adrian Ashton: the Conservative Co-operative Movement - hoisted by its own petard?Adrian Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03030921207546244517noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452832738433033525.post-15220097315791075602011-05-30T13:57:58.470+01:002011-05-30T13:57:58.470+01:00I'm with you! It's not the first time they...I'm with you! It's not the first time they've done this. Way back in 1869 they set up a Conservative Co-operative Society in Rochdale in competition with the Rochdale Pioneers, although without much success. But then Conservatives are not very good at understanding the term co-operate, just as Thatcher only understood the word 'solidarity' if it was in Polish.Malcolm Cowlehttp://malcsbooks.yolasite.com/noreply@blogger.com