tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1208619951258320961..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Did They Pick the Wrong Norman?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3821937956158834382010-05-16T22:50:41.061+01:002010-05-16T22:50:41.061+01:00@Norman,
I'm a floater at the moment. I'...@Norman,<br /><br />I'm a floater at the moment. I'd like as wide a selection as possible. As I'm not one of those who believes the coalition will collapse in weeks I think we can afford to take our time over this.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56161451771486907862010-05-16T20:52:02.793+01:002010-05-16T20:52:02.793+01:00Imagine that DC & NC are going thro the lists....Imagine that DC & NC are going thro the lists. They agree NL goes to health. They talk to their Cabinet members, but AL does not get back immediately for legit reasons. The other jobs get announced, and then AL says "no way". Then you have a problem - no job for NL, even though everyone (except AL) agrees he is hugely talented.<br /><br />The reality is that we are new to coalitions, and in the rush to get going these cock-ups happen.Tim Leunighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930175702683617125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65857432418664552422010-05-16T20:15:22.526+01:002010-05-16T20:15:22.526+01:00@Jimmy. Who in thee Labour Party you support? Ba...@Jimmy. Who in thee Labour Party you support? Balls up or one of the Kray sorry Miliband brothers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35751676263662423452010-05-16T18:18:45.522+01:002010-05-16T18:18:45.522+01:00Lamb refused to play ball with the odious Lansley ...Lamb refused to play ball with the odious Lansley over his cynical Palinesque shroudwaving. Obviously he was going to be punished for it.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48111213623733385952010-05-16T15:02:47.690+01:002010-05-16T15:02:47.690+01:00If he's already a Tory leaning Eurosceptic, th...If he's already a Tory leaning Eurosceptic, there's no need to buy him off with a job.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196592908360647734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60862674627610635672010-05-16T14:24:44.551+01:002010-05-16T14:24:44.551+01:00I never paid any serious attention to the prattle ...I never paid any serious attention to the prattle of " Norfolk Blogger" who was complaining in R4 that the Con-Libdem deal was spurious because it did not include Normal Lamb! Even in you thread Iain, this blogger sounds often very deluded. As for Norman Baker, I would support including him based solely on his fight regarding David Kelly's death.<br />Norman Lamb was speaking the day before the Con-Libdem deal was finalised. Not impressed with what he was saying. Norman Baker's inclusion is in line with <br />President Johnson's policy of keeping him in the tent pissing out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-348674537271629172010-05-16T14:18:52.778+01:002010-05-16T14:18:52.778+01:00Iain, a very fair assessment.Iain, a very fair assessment.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46924664845295587562010-05-16T13:58:44.945+01:002010-05-16T13:58:44.945+01:00Norman Lamb is the son of Hubert Lamb the genuinel...Norman Lamb is the son of Hubert Lamb the genuinely able climate scientist who founded the CRU. He calculated the size of the Medieval Warming period coming to almost the same conclusion the sceptics do now & never accepted the current alarmism built on the bones of his organisation.<br /><br />T don't know if Norman is quietly a warming sceptic but it would certainly explain yje party's apparent attitude.neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37920349604101372962010-05-16T12:57:57.432+01:002010-05-16T12:57:57.432+01:00I disagree Trevorsden, this is significant and Iai...I disagree Trevorsden, this is significant and Iain is right to discuss it. I suspect it may be quite political and to do with future policy on care for the elderly - a signal that the new government intends, like the last, not to make well-planned structural change but instead to continue to essentially do nothing whilst paying lip service to change?<br /><br />As to Norman Baker, I've had sufficient dealings with him to know that people often underestimate him - his background as a LibDem street fighter is something he finds it hard to let go of when interviewed, so he sometimes goes over the top on TV/radio, but he is a smart bloke.<br /><br />On the endless road widening schemes, do they really work in the long run? Or do they not just move congestion elsewhere? Britain can never build enough roads to meet the expectations of car drivers that have been falsely set by motor manufacturer advertising and the heavy public subsidies paid to road haulage companies.DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91332539234249495972010-05-16T09:58:49.680+01:002010-05-16T09:58:49.680+01:00It is worrying to think that Norman Baker may have...It is worrying to think that Norman Baker may have been appointed deliberately.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72910227607334906812010-05-16T09:47:31.506+01:002010-05-16T09:47:31.506+01:00Definitely a case of better inside the tent pissin...Definitely a case of better inside the tent pissing out etctory boys never grow uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172736984147732661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45779590533047846542010-05-16T08:10:55.230+01:002010-05-16T08:10:55.230+01:00Norman Baker's appointment will be the kiss of...Norman Baker's appointment will be the kiss of death for any prospects for the dangerous A27 being made into a dual carriageway across the whole if his Lewes Constituency. Years ahead of queues and more fatalities. <br /><br />I feel very sorry for Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, because maverick Baker could hardly be described as a Team Player.Richard Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06859040394966965287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46949140895981772282010-05-16T01:10:48.912+01:002010-05-16T01:10:48.912+01:00What happened to Ed Davey?What happened to Ed Davey?eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408335744825873080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22990361686900569542010-05-15T23:24:13.812+01:002010-05-15T23:24:13.812+01:00Given Norman Baker's history of foaming at the...Given Norman Baker's history of foaming at the mouth about "4x4s" I made a joke on a forum about him becoming Transport Secretary - and now he has been appointed to the DfT as a junior minister. Many a true word spoken in jest, and all that...<br /><br />Hopefully Philip Hammond will keep him in check.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42531718538654406652010-05-15T22:36:24.012+01:002010-05-15T22:36:24.012+01:00I cannot understand this total waste of newsprint ...I cannot understand this total waste of newsprint and endangered pixels I am afraid.<br /><br />A couple of lines might suffice. All governing parties are full competent of people who did not make it into government and idiots who do. Frank Field (I know he did, but not for long) and Prescott are 2 labour examples. Its a price we pay for politics being conducted by human beings, not avatars.<br /><br />And when we come to a coalition the horse trading is even more complicated. Norman Lamb defeated you - 5 years ago - I suggest the time fore being nice about him all the time is long since past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com