"People are really beginning to feel that this Government is like a house with a door that's rotting and they want to boot it off its hinges" - David Cameron.
"Hegel said that no man should speak for longer than he can make love" - BBC presenter Michael Buerk's entire speech at an official lunch before sitting down.
"Plainly, there is too much water in the world, so why don't we just call Nasa and ask it to take some of it into space? Technically this is not difficult. Build a fleet of space shuttles. Fill them with seawater. And move it into orbit" - TV's Jeremy Clarkson on how to deal with global warming.
"Give them hell at the election, Tone! You'll easily get in ahead of that Conservative tailor's dummy they've put a voice box to. What do you mean, you're not standing? I can't believe it! Nobody tells me anything" - Michael Winner gets out of touch in hospital.
"It is not in the national interest for the Prime Minister to carry on. I think his continuation in office is an act of selfishness of historic proportions" - Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox.
And my own quote of the day:
ReplyDelete"When the hell is this hell going to end? If was up to Tesco the offer would end on Tuesday this week and we'd move onto new season strawbs."
God give us some pith of subtsance soon, please. This country has been wrecked by NL. Whiter than white? Hell we all now what happens if you have just one dirty brown accidentally in the wash.
No pun intended. Honestly.
Iain, how are we to pass on confidential information now that you're not moderating?
ReplyDeleteI haven't been moderating for 2 weeks! If you wish to contact me directly please use email iain@iaindale.com
ReplyDelete"When the hell is this hell going to end? If was up to Tesco the offer would end on Tuesday this week and we'd move onto new season strawbs."
ReplyDeleteIt's a weird twilight zone. I'm too young to remember, was it ever like this?
Quite good quotes today. I'll drink to the first one, especially. In fact,I am. A bit early, but it's Sunday.
ReplyDeleteYes, twilight zone - that fits...
ReplyDeleteIs there any credibility left in NuLabour? I think not.
Puny secrets are difficult to keep, huge ones are protected by public incredulity-- Marshall Macluhan
ReplyDeleteDear Greenwich Political Representatives
I have used the press release by Greenwich Councillor Nigel Fletcher in the following post on Milennium Project Two, Googles No 1 blog search and resource for the Millennium Dome.
http://millenniumprojecttwo.blogspot.com/2007/02/millennium-dome-loss-in-climate-change.html
Do you not think it would have been in the public interest for the UK, London or at the least Greenwich to have been informed that in 2001 the Governments consultants, in letters considered the establishment of a global environmental centre at Greenwich "good" and "interesting", that in emails confirmed it had been moved forward in the competition ie shortlisted and in private discussions was the proposal they wanted to support. Time and world events also proving this was the best proposal for the Dome. Which was why it was entered.
How ironic that in the week that global environmental management is the top global news story, all the coverage Greenwich got was that it didn't get a casino.
Imagine if the competition criteria had been followed Greenwich this week would have been getting a a £ mutli billion cheque from the IMF, World Bank and the UN. Every single news media in the world would be in Greenwich reporting on how the Dome was the leading global resource in resolving climate change and all other environmental challenges. Bird Flu in Suffolk, flooding in Indonesia and that is on an average Sunday morning.
Do you think Greenwich has been sold down the river, especially when sea level rise takes hold. Oh yes the proposal did specifically mention flooding in London and it's solutions. It may be of some consolation that when London does flood with the £10s if not £100s of billions that will be incurred in cost and damage, the Government did have the solutions all along. They just 'forgot' to tell anybody.
Yours sincerely
Roger Thomas
Millennium Project Two
Who said, I enjoy a good moan it's the only thing that keeps me cheerful ?
ReplyDeleteIain,
ReplyDeleteWill you be buying a new Audi TT?
Tom
tom, no. I had one once and didn't like it.
ReplyDeleteIf, and this isn't very likely, I had attended a dinner on the premiss that Michael Buerk was going to be making a speech, it's possible that I might have been annoyed at the brevity of his remarks. Was he paid to be there?
ReplyDeleteI think Dave's quote is rather unfortunate, as it has all the echos that Hitler had about the Russians.
ReplyDeleteWhat did Dave learn at school for heaven's sake?????