Owen Jones goes into the Lion's Den | Tory Party Conference | Owen Jones
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This week has seen overwhelming levels of smugness and [somewhat higher than usual levels of] vitriol present in Manchester as the annual Conservative Party Conference is underway. Whilst some less-subtle people, perhaps misguided, perhaps overwhelmed by the gravity of reality caused a bit of scene outside which undermined the legitimacy of the actual protests, spry Socialist Owen Jones has ventured through the looking glass to get a first-hand feel for the people behind the generalised establishmentarian misery.
Which is great. Good for him for seeking the other side of the argument for the sake of a balanced conclusion. It is true that we sometimes forget that behind the labels are individual people with the power of reason. I however, have reasoned that a lot of Tories are either scared of change, too comfortable to envision a different way, too influenced by the media, too short-sighted to look at a bigger picture or too ignorant to care (my possibly harsh generalisation) - and I would imagine that Mr. Jones agrees with me. Based on the conversations he's had with these attendees, they seem to just have different values, of status and position and impression and stuff. Personally, all these transient things are not to be valued.The guy at 3:36 obviously didn't expect to be interviewed, but whatever he's on he seems to be at the conference for a jolly. And that tells me a lot about his attitude, at least.