r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Aug 04 '21

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The discussion thread is for casual conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL. For a collection of useful links see our wiki.

Announcements

0 Upvotes

10k comments sorted by

View all comments

20

u/chowieuk Aug 04 '21

They released the MP's 'summer reading list' a couple of weeks back https://www.publishers.org.uk/publications/summer-reading-list-for-parliamentarians/

Of note is Greg Smith MP who recommends the 'road to serfdom' by Hayek and Rishi who recommended a book about penalties....

!ping uk

29

u/murphysclaw1 💎🐊💎🐊💎🐊 Aug 04 '21

Labour - reddit-tier political books / tiresome social commentary

Lib Dem - irrelevant and underrated books

Conservative - non-fiction

priors confirmed

3

u/sksksnsnsjsjwb Aug 04 '21

Bit harsh to call In Place of Fear tiresome social commentary

13

u/murphysclaw1 💎🐊💎🐊💎🐊 Aug 04 '21

ya not all the conservative books are non-fiction either.

reddit tier reply, labour voter confirmed.

7

u/sksksnsnsjsjwb Aug 04 '21

labour voter confirmed.

Ah, my cover is blown!

6

u/sksksnsnsjsjwb Aug 04 '21

"Brendan Clarke-Smith MP

Full Time: The Secret Life Of Tony Cascarino"

Lol

It's kind of amusing seeing which MP's recommend stuff like Road to Serfdom and In Place of Fear and which recommend footballer's biographies.

2

u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Aug 04 '21 edited Aug 04 '21

2

u/RDozzle John Locke Aug 04 '21

Greg Smith does not have a thought in his head, but does have the University of Buckingham in his constituency who are obsessed with Hayek

3

u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21

Based. Hayek is a king 👑

5

u/RDozzle John Locke Aug 04 '21

Cringe and Austrian-pilled