tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2682093501542361819..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Ghost of Harold Macmillan Has Never Had It So GoodIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34465073182316992572010-11-20T17:13:26.496+00:002010-11-20T17:13:26.496+00:00Lord Young can say that because he's already g...Lord Young can say that because he's already got his carol concert invitation. For many others life is terrible. ;-)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43213380988981157692010-11-19T21:15:51.526+00:002010-11-19T21:15:51.526+00:00As someone who was around in the SuperMac era, may...As someone who was around in the SuperMac era, may I point out that Mac said "some people have never had it so good" after meeting some pensioners whose pensions (thanks to Mac) were higher than their wages had been when they were working. <br />It was the poor who were better off, rather than middle-class workers/civil servants with outsize mortgages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39782013451542873332010-11-19T16:45:21.091+00:002010-11-19T16:45:21.091+00:00Worst thing is is that DC never sacked him, he wai...Worst thing is is that DC never sacked him, he waited for him to resign.Simon Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328606546904222885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89751743902846721952010-11-19T16:45:05.401+00:002010-11-19T16:45:05.401+00:00Worst thing is is that DC never sacked him, he wai...Worst thing is is that DC never sacked him, he waited for him to resign.Simon Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328606546904222885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90523386384767164162010-11-19T15:24:52.985+00:002010-11-19T15:24:52.985+00:00The other point that no-one seems to be mentioning...The other point that no-one seems to be mentioning is the Telegraph journalist during these comments interrupted to say 'yes I agree'. Any ideas who it was?Torontoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512324881933587002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2507186572368228952010-11-19T14:48:08.289+00:002010-11-19T14:48:08.289+00:00Sorry, Ian but you just have this plain wrong. Th...Sorry, Ian but you just have this plain wrong. There are a lot of young people who have gone straight from university to the dole queue and they are mightly pissed off about the whole thing. Life isn't great for these young people (I know many of them) although it is clearly the fault of the last government not this one.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34882095860687960472010-11-19T14:14:19.260+00:002010-11-19T14:14:19.260+00:00The serially indolent, the serial breeder, the ill...The serially indolent, the serial breeder, the illegal immigrant and the Polish plumber probably never have had it so good. It's about time life was made a lot tougher for them.Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622335283524262832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47332268716771552052010-11-19T14:12:52.504+00:002010-11-19T14:12:52.504+00:00While I agree that this is a storm in a teacup, I ...While I agree that this is a storm in a teacup, I think there's a flaw in both your and George Young's analysis, which relfects a lack of understanding of the current mortgage and property market. To say that the vast majority of people in this country have been better off suggests that those people who either don't own their own home, have paid off their mortgage and are living off savings and investments, have a fixed-rate mortgage, or took out a mortgage after the collapse of Lehman Brothers are a small minority. Simply put, they are not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025525525139034730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19630948624691597092010-11-19T14:05:05.516+00:002010-11-19T14:05:05.516+00:00Lord Graffham`s comment was indeed a storm in a te...Lord Graffham`s comment was indeed a storm in a teacup.It was not what he said,rather that he said it at all.<br /><br />This kind of upfront comment is reminescent of Norman Tebbit at his polecat best,but not as vicious.<br /><br />The dying embers of the Thatcher revolution? It was insensitive in reviving folk memories of that time,particularly the notion of "Our people" which excluded all the poor wretches who were not.bryhershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948525081453550410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43667359067149834342010-11-19T13:46:07.899+00:002010-11-19T13:46:07.899+00:00I think it was right for him to resign as I said o...I think it was right for him to resign as I said on my blog willcookson.wordpress.com.<br /><br />There was no "so-called recession" there has been an enormous one. The worst since the 1930's and I know lots of people badly hurt by it.<br /><br />He has done enormous damage to the Tory party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44025368037904624292010-11-19T13:34:38.583+00:002010-11-19T13:34:38.583+00:00This is proof that the Tories are still the Nasty ...This is proof that the Tories are still the Nasty Party,and proves George Osborne mislead the country on the deficit we were never any where near being bankrupt.<br />Andrew EdinburghANDY EDINBURGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366358053895766151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36963495441860498772010-11-19T11:57:53.538+00:002010-11-19T11:57:53.538+00:00You seem to think that just because YOU work and (...You seem to think that just because YOU work and (I assume) have a mortgage, then MOST people work and have a mortgage.<br /><br />Increasingly, the government is voted in by people who are no longer working as much as they were, and are more reliant on a reasonable return on investments.<br /><br />We don't have that right now.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180187317056507347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42110004112891559072010-11-19T11:46:33.435+00:002010-11-19T11:46:33.435+00:00It shows how important phraseology is important.
...It shows how important phraseology is important.<br /><br />The point of low interest rates is to encourage people to borrow (and thus spend;) it is to create lower mortgage rates and thus encourage people to spend their windfall.<br />low interest rates make overdrafts cheaper and encourages businesses to invest.<br /><br />The deputy governor of the BoE said a few weeks ago that people should go out and spend more. Not much doom and gloom about a recession there.<br /><br />So there is not much doubt that people in jobs benefit from low interest rates and from retailers offering discounts.<br /><br />Low rates are not much help to people on fixed incomes though. And there is also a lot of pressure on wages as well. The other worry is that inflation is still relatively high.<br /><br />So there is a point to Young's remarks but present circumstances are a bit different and the resonance with boom times under McMillan is a bit daft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70650391223361790922010-11-19T11:22:16.651+00:002010-11-19T11:22:16.651+00:00I think you're forgetting the appalling disloc...I think you're forgetting the appalling dislocation ZIRP will bring in its wake; the consequences of which will not be pretty.Slagellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15048336425784150566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85754349308973984712010-11-19T11:12:50.333+00:002010-11-19T11:12:50.333+00:00http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-he...http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/heartless%2c-insensitive-old-tory-absolutely-spot-on-201011193271/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245902520322728875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59133365323450225152010-11-19T10:39:36.969+00:002010-11-19T10:39:36.969+00:00Surely at odds with what the PM and deputy PM have...Surely at odds with what the PM and deputy PM have had to say. In addition, if Lord Young believes what he said it makes a mockery of the election result. Makes me wonder why these people are given these positions. A sop to the Thatcherites.<br />Of course if it had been a Labour adviser..we all know the reaction..Simon Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328606546904222885noreply@blogger.com