Comments on: Joerg Haider

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:44:56 +0000

Scary (from Times Obit):

“On hearing of Haider’s death, the Austrian president, Heinz Fischer, a Social Democrat, said he was a “politician of great talent” who “aroused enthusiasm as well as strong criticism”. Whatever they thought of his views, Social Democrats and many others knew that Haider had changed Austrian politics in a way that the old Establishment still has to confront.”

By: sackcloth and ashes

sackcloth and ashes — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:22:45 +0000

‘Indeed, in his heyday, Haider himself said that there was no other party in Europe with which his had more in common than New Labour. And he was right. He was simply stating a fact there.’

If he’d actually heard of the BPP (and if the latter had more than one member), he might have changed his mind.

How’s the planned putsch going, David?

By: Nearly Oxfordian

Nearly Oxfordian — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:14:29 +0000

Haider lives in Humberside? Oh, right, never knew that!

By: M o r g o t h

M o r g o t h — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:47:47 +0000

I thought Satan ruled where he is now, Alex.

Humberside?

By: Nearly Oxfordian

Nearly Oxfordian — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:33:06 +0000

I thought Satan ruled where he is now, Alex.

By: Feeling tipsy

Feeling tipsy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:20:37 +0000

“Jörg Haider and Austria’s German-nationalist third lager”

He knocked back a bit more than that.

I thank you.

By: David Lindsay

David Lindsay — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:54:00 +0000

Looking at the smiling faces of Mandelson and Blair atop this site, your own virulent opposition to social democratic economics, to moral and social conservatism, and to the specifically Catholic basis (mine, but by no means the only one, though, I submit, the most comprehensive and coherent) for holding such views, is exactly the position of Jörg Haider and Austria’s German-nationalist third lager, of which Haider was not the most famous son.

It even appeals to much the same sort of people sociologically. Well, of course it does. Indeed, in his heyday, Haider himself said that there was no other party in Europe with which his had more in common than New Labour. And he was right. He was simply stating a fact there.

By: Sy

Sy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:40:54 +0000

“His only crime was to love his country and tell the truth.”

Don’t forget the speeding and the drink-driving.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:35:59 +0000

His only crime was to love his country and tell the truth !,, God bless him .

By: Entdinglichung

Entdinglichung — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:05:28 +0000

Haider was driving with 142 km/h on a road where only a speed of 70 km/h is permitted when the accident happened … his party campaigns for changing the speed limit on Austrian motorways from today’s 130 km/h to 160 km/h … unfortunately, there are more far right and racist politicians than Haider in Austria … a good text on the whole issue here: http://www.sozialismus.net//content/view/963/1/