Michael Caine switches allegiance to Conservatives (too much crime in UK)

Telegraph ^ | 11/01/09 | Nick Collins

[TigerLikesRooster]

Michael Caine switches allegiance to Conservatives

British film icon Sir Michael Caine has abandoned his support of the Labour party and announced he will vote Conservative at the next general election.

By Nick Collins

Published: 4:58PM GMT 01 Nov 2009

Michael Caine as Harry Brown

The actor, 76, a former Labour supporter, condemned the “terrible state” that has been allowed to develop in Britain and said he planned to change his allegiance at the next election.

For his latest film, Harry Brown, about violence on Britain’s streets, Sir Michael spent time with a gang from a tough inner London estate, who were hired as extras.

He told a Sunday newspaper: “It's a big problem. The country is getting more and more violent and this film is a wake-up call, a warning to us all.

“I'll probably vote Conservative. I mean, we're in a terrible state whichever way you look at it, socially, financially and politically, so just give the other guy a chance.

[airborne]

When a liberal suddenly turns conservative, I have to wonder what happened to him personally.

Did he or someone he cares about get hurt or attacked?

That's usually what it takes.

[Daisyjane69]

Mark Levin called it:

“Conservatism is on the ascendancy!”

;)

[uncitizen]

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[Daisyjane69]

“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”

Winston Churchill

[poobear]

“When a liberal suddenly turns conservative, I have to wonder what happened to him personally.”

The Labour Party wants to raise personal income taxes over 50%. They are presently hitting him in his pocketbook. The violence in Britain has been around for decades.

[cbkaty]

When a liberal suddenly turns conservative, I have to wonder what happened to him personally.

In this case, I suspect Robert Duvall got him in a headlock.....i.e. Secondhand Lions

[airborne]

I love that movie!

Even though the little kid is such a bad actor...

[SampleMan]

Frankly, this is the kind of wishy-washy thinking that liberals are known for.

They can't see that there are certain truths in life, so they hop from one idea to another with no consistency, except for the consistency of “what's in it for me”.

As soon as the Conservative Party begins actually doing what is required to fix the problems, Michael Caine will jump back to the Socialists.

[TigerLikesRooster]

For disillusioned worshipers, an fallen idol is still an idol. They would rather go back to it if they can.

This is why I am alway skeptical about liberals claiming that they have changed. What they are saying is that they used to be the hard core but now in the fringe. But they are still inside the fence, while glancing at what is outside from time to time. Then they claim that they are actually well-balanced conservative. :-)

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I am alway skeptical about liberals claiming that they have changed. What they are saying is that they used to be the hard core but now in the fringe.

The lib/lab/con fallacy in England is dying... I would personally vote BNP... Throw the Muslims out of Britain...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

” It is part of the Communist doctrine and drillbook, laid down by Lenin himself, that Communists should aid all movements towards the Left and help into office weak Constitutional, Radical or Socialist governments. These they should undermine, and from their falling hands snatch absolute power, and found the Marxist state. “

Winston Churchill - The Gathering Storm. Houghton Mifflin Company, NY. 1948. p 191.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

As soon as the Conservative Party begins actually doing what is required to fix the problems, Michael Caine will jump back to the Socialists.

You are most perceptive indeed...

" It is part of the Communist doctrine and drillbook, laid down by Lenin himself, that Communists should aid all movements towards the Left and help into office weak Constitutional, Radical or Socialist governments. These they should undermine, and from their falling hands snatch absolute power, and found the Marxist state. "

Winston Churchill - The Gathering Storm. Houghton Mifflin Company, NY. 1948. p 191.

[Rob the Ugly Dude]

How much damage will be inflicted on this country until our own elites see the light?

[LS]

Talk about one of the hardest working men in show biz, this guy works all the time, and makes every film he’s in better.

[MSF BU]

Caine is an unique bird, in many ways. Among the most interesting, from my viewpoint, is that he's one of the few men in his age group who actually saw combat as a young man. He was a foot soldier in the Korean War. I've always found those type of people to be usually less susceptible to dwelling in the fantasy world than their peers.

[rbg81]

Always liked Michael Caine—great actor. Too bad it took him so long to wake up.

[airborne]

Knowing he has a British accent, I find his attempt at a southern accent (if that's what he's trying) to add to the humor of the movie.

Robert Duvall is excellent in the movie! I would recommend ‘Secondhand Lions’ to anyone, and it's a good movie for kids also.

[cbkaty]

I would recommend ‘Secondhand Lions’ to anyone, and it's a good movie for kids also.

Agreed......I sent it & Being There, as gifts to friends & family this year.....

[the scotsman]

He’s been a Tory since 1979.