tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4400547252513721305..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: What Exactly is the Cabinet For?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78865715256131951792007-11-20T20:46:00.000+00:002007-11-20T20:46:00.000+00:00Obviously if some arse is running to Boulton and/o...Obviously if some arse is running to Boulton and/or Dale with every detail of the cabinet runnings they will aim to avoid discussing anything that Boulton and Dale want to be leaked to programme and blog respectively. Stands to reason.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28140827778056801702007-11-20T16:57:00.000+00:002007-11-20T16:57:00.000+00:00The cabinet is to put all your expensive items in ...The cabinet is to put all your expensive items in so they don't get damaged lying around daily life.Philipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20418548049851980132007-11-20T15:37:00.000+00:002007-11-20T15:37:00.000+00:00It is no longer possible to believe this is an hon...It is no longer possible to believe this is an honest government. It is as dishonest and conniving as the Blair one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10739474467481513192007-11-20T14:48:00.000+00:002007-11-20T14:48:00.000+00:00Cabinets are too large, of course, but cabinet min...Cabinets are too large, of course, but cabinet ministers are spineless. Not one of them (with the possible exception of Gordon Brown) had the balls to stand up to Alistair Campbell when he was cock of the roost.<BR/><BR/>One possible reason, or at least contributory factor, is that none of them have anywhere to go outside politics. Heseltine could stand up to Margaret Thatcher because he was rich and successful in his own right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66098184168435219442007-11-20T14:17:00.000+00:002007-11-20T14:17:00.000+00:00The cabinet is there to provide stooges to take th...The cabinet is there to provide stooges to take the blame whenever things go wrong, leaving Gordon to take the credit (when or, more accurately, if) things go right.Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445624135697167219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66992446789472170592007-11-20T13:56:00.000+00:002007-11-20T13:56:00.000+00:00Personally I think Gordon Brown has lost the plot....Personally I think Gordon Brown has lost the plot. He's just not up to being prime minister.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45111783079876771972007-11-20T13:38:00.000+00:002007-11-20T13:38:00.000+00:00I seem to recall that the BBC and other Leftist co...I seem to recall that the BBC and other Leftist commentators used to constantly go on about bad it was that Maggie did not discuss things with her cabinet ministers, nonsense of course but now it is true those critics have gone curiously silent.<BR/><BR/>Mind you they also used to go on (and on) about how bad it was that Maggie had compromised the political neutrality of the Civil Service by employing Bernard Ingham, and we all know what happened once the Labour Party got elected to power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63806478730901315082007-11-20T13:18:00.000+00:002007-11-20T13:18:00.000+00:00Isn't it about time one or two Cabinet members got...Isn't it about time one or two Cabinet members got some backbone and insisted on things like this being discussed openly in full Cabinet?<BR/><BR/>Isn't it time that one or two of those turkeys called for a vote of no confidence in the government.....after all,its is nearly Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65790637366803738322007-11-20T13:13:00.000+00:002007-11-20T13:13:00.000+00:00No point having a kick about in Cabinet, someone h...No point having a kick about in Cabinet, someone has <A HREF="http://curly15.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/the-northern-wreck/" REL="nofollow">taken the ball away</A>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63224763785386101752007-11-20T13:08:00.000+00:002007-11-20T13:08:00.000+00:00Presumably they were too busy discussing the flyin...Presumably they were too busy discussing the flying shit from HMRC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36069074954615539412007-11-20T13:00:00.000+00:002007-11-20T13:00:00.000+00:00What exactly is a government for?It seems as thoug...What exactly is a government for?<BR/><BR/>It seems as though HMRC have lost millions of people's details. Oh sorry computer says no, seems as though it will be the defense. <BR/><BR/>Governments will go after OAPs for not paying their council tax, but they can waste billions upon billions and no one gives a damn. Is it more or does something there not make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63770426987595072912007-11-20T12:56:00.000+00:002007-11-20T12:56:00.000+00:00The end of 'sofa' government did not mean we would...The end of 'sofa' government did not mean we would end up with cabinet government. We now have 'armchair' government as there is only room for one decision maker and we know who that is...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936858144046032905noreply@blogger.com