tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post7431756612758139830..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Brown's Chickens Come Home to RoostIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73833480571654974782007-07-17T18:39:00.000+01:002007-07-17T18:39:00.000+01:00Jimbo - "and the BBC is invariably impartial" in w...Jimbo - "and the BBC is invariably impartial" in which case you are clearly delusional...Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8910082348859890022007-07-17T18:00:00.000+01:002007-07-17T18:00:00.000+01:009 out of 12 is two thirds? Treasury arithmetic, t...9 out of 12 is two thirds? Treasury arithmetic, that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14788019906147162872007-07-17T17:29:00.000+01:002007-07-17T17:29:00.000+01:00People don't attach blame to individuals very easi...People don't attach blame to individuals very easily. They just know when they feel fed up with things and want a change. <BR/><BR/>Of course Brown is financially incompetent as has been glaringly obvious for a long time to anyone who actually bothered to look. Most don't. Amazingly people still buy the media narrative that he's a genius.<BR/><BR/>I can see the next media narrative now - 'shame things are in such a poor state. cannot be anything to do with that genius Gordon Brown. must be someone else's fault - probably Mrs Thatcher.'Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87748267365985308582007-07-17T11:35:00.000+01:002007-07-17T11:35:00.000+01:00Mark WilliamsExactly ; hence my use of "obvious mi...Mark Williams<BR/><BR/>Exactly ; hence my use of "obvious mistake aside" - the top part of message was a pasted quote from a previous poster.SPAM ALERThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295898936346097748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21099164807088544642007-07-17T11:27:00.000+01:002007-07-17T11:27:00.000+01:00the BBC is invariably impartialIf that were so, t...<I>the BBC is invariably impartial</I><BR/><BR/>If that were so, they would have reported that all of the peers receiving cash from lobbyists to whom they provided passes were Labour peers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62915580901066761142007-07-17T11:24:00.000+01:002007-07-17T11:24:00.000+01:00Racerdon:May I be the first to point out that Mr D...Racerdon:<BR/><BR/>May I be the first to point out that Mr Darling is the Second Lord of the Treasury.<BR/><BR/>The First Lord of the Treasury is Gordon Brown. That is the title of the ministerial office that he holds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58456358564860944802007-07-17T10:48:00.000+01:002007-07-17T10:48:00.000+01:00"Witness number one should be the First Lord of th..."Witness number one should be the First Lord of the Treasury"<BR/><BR/>why, what would Alistair Darling know about it? he's only been in the job a few weeks...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Obvious mistake aside since when did any Government Minister admit to knowing anything about anything ? The age of ministerial repsonsibility died long ago, in direct proportion to public apathy about anything you can't vote on via premium rate phone lines.SPAM ALERThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295898936346097748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64223390494983945742007-07-17T10:44:00.000+01:002007-07-17T10:44:00.000+01:00I know that Gordon Brown is slowly sinking deeper ...I know that Gordon Brown is slowly sinking deeper into the brown stuff over this debacle but can somebody please tell me when we will have the public flogging of Stephen Byers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4256584823312832612007-07-17T10:42:00.000+01:002007-07-17T10:42:00.000+01:00Perhaps one Conservative MP would like to ask the ...Perhaps one Conservative MP would like to ask the First Lord of the Treasury why certain Civil Service Departments seem to have a penchant for paying Logica CMG large sums of money for expensive bespoke IT systems.<BR/><BR/>Also, why the Civil Service still somehow expects the lowest levels of management in the Civil Service to participate in and advise Senior Management on IT projects, when they are all too often Arts or Humanities graduates with zero grasp of microeconomics, project management, database design or IT procurement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65751038863384262362007-07-17T10:41:00.000+01:002007-07-17T10:41:00.000+01:00Ian Westbrook, perhaps before jumping in you might...Ian Westbrook, perhaps before jumping in you might be interested to know that the First Lord of the Treasury is the former Chancellor, Gordon Brown MP.<BR/><BR/>He's only been there a couple of weeks admittedly, but there has been quite a lot of coverage about it. Apparently he's leader of the Labour party too! Who'd have thought?<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_lord_of_the_treasury<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2xgu73Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11727444972740354922007-07-17T10:19:00.000+01:002007-07-17T10:19:00.000+01:00and Dave's!Will dave be out of the country when th...and Dave's!<BR/>Will dave be out of the country when the Southall comes in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43789493905993967272007-07-17T09:59:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:59:00.000+01:00Another failure of the private sector in trying to...Another failure of the private sector in trying to deliver public services. Proves again that it is cheaper and more efficient for public services to be delivered by the public sector. And, incidentally, another example of Ken Livingstone being correct in his analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2095680935967315562007-07-17T09:58:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:58:00.000+01:00"Witness number one should be the First Lord of th..."Witness number one should be the First Lord of the Treasury"<BR/><BR/>why, what would Alistair Darling know about it? he's only been in the job a few weeks...Ian Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300029984574205472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36353482402785534412007-07-17T09:57:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:57:00.000+01:00BBC is carrying a story on problems at the Inland ...BBC is carrying a story on problems at the Inland Revenue. <BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6901299.stm<BR/><BR/>Whose big idea was it to merge the IR with Dept of Customs and Excise? Step forward McStalin Broon.<BR/><BR/>Compter problems? Tax credits? Self Assessment complexity? Guess who will be to blame?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48414922733792034452007-07-17T09:55:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:55:00.000+01:00It is not difficult to outwit a Labour government....It is not difficult to outwit a Labour government. Big business does it all the time.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, let's remember that very few people in this country have ever got rich running a railway. In the USA, yes. Here, no. Even in the great age of railways very few lines made a profit, except the Great Western which had the lucrative contracts to carry the coal from South Wales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40086034364275548672007-07-17T09:52:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:52:00.000+01:00I hope this Metronet is dolphin friendly?I hope this Metronet is dolphin friendly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8934536862079309172007-07-17T09:51:00.001+01:002007-07-17T09:51:00.001+01:00People seem to be ignoring the fact that the other...People seem to be ignoring the fact that the other PPP contract for the Underground, run by Tubelines, is working satisfactorily.<BR/><BR/>That demonstrates that the contracts were fundamentally sound. <BR/><BR/>The problems have arisen mainly as a result of Metronet's inefficiency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87506133541273439912007-07-17T09:51:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:51:00.000+01:00the BBC is invariably impartial.Post of the day!<I>the BBC is invariably impartial.</I><BR/><BR/>Post of the day!Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90359556032031173902007-07-17T09:42:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:42:00.000+01:00Hughes views: "If Metronet goes bust its private ...Hughes views: "If Metronet goes bust its private backers will lose a lot of money."<BR/><BR/>Not so. The company was highly geared so its backers put in very little and the little that they put in has been more than repaid. They now estimate that their future free cash flow after expenses would be slightjy less their obligations to their lenders so they will put the company into administration - having taken out sizeable profits in the last few years.<BR/><BR/>Another fine mess from Labour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41954966606779754852007-07-17T09:41:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:41:00.000+01:00Hey Jumbo how is life in Fantasia?Hey Jumbo how is life in Fantasia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2567964920495661872007-07-17T09:37:00.001+01:002007-07-17T09:37:00.001+01:00This is Nothing!!Just wait for all the Olympic Sh1...This is Nothing!!<BR/><BR/>Just wait for all the Olympic Sh1t to hit the fanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79563652707988115602007-07-17T09:37:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:37:00.000+01:00New Labour chums in the media. Are you all delusio...New Labour chums in the media. Are you all delusional? The Telegraph, Express and Mail, have been attacking Blair, Brown and Labour for the past 10 years. ITN news coverage is equally damning. The Independent and Grundian can hardly be described as pro Labour. Then there is Londons Standard and the free national paper The Metro which are definitely not Labour rags. Add to this Sky news which isn’t news at all, its OK magazine disguised as news, so I don’t know why you are all getting so upset. The Sun is anti EU, pro death penalty, etc etc, not exactly Labours territory. So on the face of it the accusation of media bias is a little bit far fetched. Labour have the Mirror 50% of the time, and the BBC is invariably impartial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23892365073096765032007-07-17T09:28:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:28:00.000+01:00******************************SSSSSSSssssshhhhhhh....******************************<BR/>SSSSSSSssssshhhhhhh. What ever happens dont mention Conrad Black.<BR/>******************************Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14047443155567816342007-07-17T09:20:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:20:00.000+01:00Hughes Views - the Tory proposal was to sell the w...Hughes Views - the Tory proposal was to sell the whole Underground off (including giving a share to Londoners) and then feed the cash back in for repairs. Instead Brown set up this overly complex system which people at the time said would never work. It was not a "simple" PFI which are basically outsourcing contracts, it was a hundred times more complicated because the Labour party were scared of the word "privatisation".<BR/><BR/>Personally I favoured Livingstone's proposed bond issue, but we know why that wasn't taken on - because it would have blown a hole in Prudence's balance sheet. <BR/><BR/>There is only one person to blame for this fiasco, and that is the former Chancellor.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1366680676194456122007-07-17T09:18:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:18:00.000+01:00Can anyone confirm that this lot also had a 17% ab...Can anyone confirm that this lot also had a 17% above costs worked in and they still go bust.<BR/>I was told this by someone quite high up the food chain.<BR/>Iain Gordon Brown yesterday said in his speech outside Stormont<BR/>'The European Union constitution moving forward in the next few months'<BR/>is this the first time a British prime minister has referred to the Constitution as a dun deal? (BBC news 24 0927hrs yesterday)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com