tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post1626874793880275130..comments2024-03-18T16:33:31.633+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: End game of the election....CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-21916945860618706962017-05-24T07:35:29.848+01:002017-05-24T07:35:29.848+01:00Blue Eyes.
"Wow there are actually people on...Blue Eyes.<br /><br />"Wow there are actually people on here suggesting that the UK government may have orchestrated mass murder of its citizens in order to swing an election."<br /><br />Suggesting, no. Keeping an open mind, yes. These are after all interesting times we are living in. With respect to Orchestrating, I would have thought the modus operandi is more likely to be; intelligence which is, opportunistically, not acted on by the security services. The aim being to bring to the forefront of the electorates mind evidence of an external threat. Providing the opportunity for team blue remind them that team red may not be the best option on security. Tenuous, undoubtedly. Evidence Based, no. Possible, prove it isn't? <br /><br />Charlie Suet you make some good points, particularly on the competence of the government. I laughed at that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10796430986722885892017-05-23T20:27:44.111+01:002017-05-23T20:27:44.111+01:00Sorry for your loss EK
SuffSorry for your loss EK<br />SuffSuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39231175358239405502017-05-23T19:18:26.713+01:002017-05-23T19:18:26.713+01:00Andrew Pierce in the Mail
"What those wading...Andrew Pierce in the Mail<br /><br /><i>"What those wading in did not realise was that the original intention had been to include a ‘cap’ on lifetime care costs – with the state paying for any bills once they hit around £85,000. But this cap was removed by Nick Timothy, the PM’s joint chief of staff, who did his best to convince Mrs May the new policy was fairer. He argued it shifted the balance of public policy away from favouring the old against the young and shared money ‘more fairly’ between rich and poor people. However, every Cabinet minister apart from Mrs May, Mr Hammond and Welfare Secretary Damian Green was kept in the dark – until briefed shortly before the manifesto’s publication last Thursday."</i><br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Timothy<br /><br />Nick doesn't sound like a bad chap, but he's relatively youthful and might not have a gut feel for what that policy would look like to a fifty-something or sixty-something homeowner,, floating in the manifesto punchbowl. Whose brilliant idea was it to hide the manifesto from an entire Cabinet? Can't stand Ken Clarke, but I bet he'd have spotted it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69877336143704936862017-05-23T18:06:47.167+01:002017-05-23T18:06:47.167+01:00I know the Guardian think of Lynton Crosby the way...I know the Guardian think of Lynton Crosby the way I think of Peter Mandelson, but I like to think that not even Mandelson would be capable of blowing up small girls* to claw back a few points in the polls.<br /><br />* in the UK, that is. In Syria, Yemen or Iraq, well... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-30573507939813159602017-05-23T18:04:29.839+01:002017-05-23T18:04:29.839+01:00Wow there are actually people on here suggesting t...Wow there are actually people on here suggesting that the UK government may have orchestrated mass murder of its citizens in order to swing an election. Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-12624280571309938052017-05-23T17:12:48.165+01:002017-05-23T17:12:48.165+01:00
It is a tribute to the 99.9999999% of us (of all ...<br />It is a tribute to the 99.9999999% of us (of all faiths and political beliefs and favorite football teams etc) that we are all completely capable of doing things like that <br />- but do not.<br /><br />We are just slightly rude to each other.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33341273981419870242017-05-23T16:16:18.380+01:002017-05-23T16:16:18.380+01:00The timing is convenient in the sense that it push...The timing is convenient in the sense that it pushes the 'dementia-tax' stuff off the front page. It also highlights Corbyn's apologies for terrorism, though he's brought that on himself. May getting the chance to look statesman-like is obviously an advantage as well.<br /><br />In practice it's likely to take some of the steam out of the campaign - at least for the moment. It's difficult to know whether it would get any traction if it hasn't already, but I suspect the Tories must have been preparing to go all out on Corbyn. That will have to be pushed back at least.<br /><br />So far as conspiracy theories go, the usual counter-argument is that the Tories would have to show an unusual competence (not to say abnormal malevolence) to make it work. Charlie Suetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32175744528683399272017-05-23T14:45:26.490+01:002017-05-23T14:45:26.490+01:00"And by tomorrow at the latest the loons at t..."And by tomorrow at the latest the loons at the Guardian will be howling that the terrorist attack was a false flag operation to help the Tories. Betcha."<br /><br />Howl they may, but is there any credence to this beleif? The timing seems to good to be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58981929677112133502017-05-23T12:45:39.454+01:002017-05-23T12:45:39.454+01:00dearime - sad to report twitter was on that after ...dearime - sad to report twitter was on that after about 5 mins....SNP types the worst!CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-37817720064291815032017-05-23T09:56:51.156+01:002017-05-23T09:56:51.156+01:00Just when May was being increasingly, absurdly, di...Just when May was being increasingly, absurdly, dismally inadequate, along comes an atrocity to remind us that Corvid spent much of his career cheering on terrorist killers. She falls into the category of a lucky general, I suppose.<br /><br />And by tomorrow at the latest the loons at the Guardian will be howling that the terrorist attack was a false flag operation to help the Tories. Betcha.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71587664623022349672017-05-23T07:54:55.604+01:002017-05-23T07:54:55.604+01:00Thank you for your kind messages. Obviously Manche...Thank you for your kind messages. Obviously Manchester is diverting any self pity in this house. Poor kids and parents.E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-36240051415227341912017-05-23T07:24:33.769+01:002017-05-23T07:24:33.769+01:00Timbo said it well - you'll remember him as he...Timbo said it well - you'll remember him as he was, Kev. <br /><br />For now, look after Mum.<br /><br />NickNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33231772180083796872017-05-23T02:26:48.359+01:002017-05-23T02:26:48.359+01:00The inner generational contract was broken when yo...The inner generational contract was broken when young people were routinely saddled with huge student debt, denied the opportunity to get on the housing ladder, have a reasonable pension and receive decent training and development (mass immigration was much cheaper). Brexit is going to cap immigration and will cause significantly more young people to vote. For the elderly and middle aged I suspect that it may well end up being turkeys voting for Christmas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53151773005366034662017-05-22T22:59:13.196+01:002017-05-22T22:59:13.196+01:00On News Night - Rachel Sylvester is bang on the mo...On News Night - Rachel Sylvester is bang on the money. As a nation, as a constituency 'we are in a better place!'<br /><br />Many people around this parish have sat through Health & Social Care political committees. For a 36 year old, beardy cunt who has as many qualifications as my fucking gardener to dream up integrating Clinical Commissioning Groups with Local Authorities when it was perfectly fucked with PCTs is cloud cuckoo fucking land. <br /><br /> How dare some lad be so arrogant as to assume that Local Government is a fucking distraction? There has never been democracy in the NHS whereas Local Government has more than enough. This is obviously a sign of Theresa's exclusion. She did order the boy. It explains Liz Truss too. It's these preventable mistakes that are gonna keep happening unless she gets Ken Clarke back or at least someone to shout 'BOLLOX!'<br /><br />DtPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-82312714121473083942017-05-22T22:40:12.318+01:002017-05-22T22:40:12.318+01:00"You don't understand QE"
I underst..."You don't understand QE"<br /><br />I understand that it caused Brexit and has driven a wedge between the generations.<br /><br />The standard of public debate in our country is such that a Tory PM has announced a cap that effectively allows the very wealthy to pass on more of their over-inflated property wealth to their kids, while that party of the working classes, Labour, celebrates this as a victory. Elderly care is yet another massive liability, that needed to have its funding sorted out this time ten years ago, hoofed down the road. It's pathetic. And May really does think she's offering Strong and Stable leadership? She's offering nothing of the sort.<br /><br />My prediction: we are going to get bent over and absoutely f*cked by the EU in the Brexit negotiations. Tens of billions will be frittered away to appease Juncker et al. We might need Jezza's magic money tree at this rate.Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33623908667272508122017-05-22T22:34:24.033+01:002017-05-22T22:34:24.033+01:00Deepest sympathy EK. Never easy.
At least he had ...Deepest sympathy EK. Never easy. <br />At least he had you there.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-52836553094433201582017-05-22T22:26:16.652+01:002017-05-22T22:26:16.652+01:00You were an awesome son, EK. He was proud. Love to...You were an awesome son, EK. He was proud. Love to you & yours x<br /><br />DtPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-19524854001359364022017-05-22T21:50:56.636+01:002017-05-22T21:50:56.636+01:00EK, for what its worth my thoughts and prayers are...EK, for what its worth my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family tonight.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-70695349661932131682017-05-22T21:25:03.746+01:002017-05-22T21:25:03.746+01:00Sorry to hear that E-K. Sorry to hear that E-K. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-28060675667893011412017-05-22T21:09:50.305+01:002017-05-22T21:09:50.305+01:00Sorry for your loss EK. Thoughts are with you and ...Sorry for your loss EK. Thoughts are with you and your family.Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60193040413146225952017-05-22T21:08:03.970+01:002017-05-22T21:08:03.970+01:00E-K. My condolences. Do not be ashamed of the slig...E-K. My condolences. Do not be ashamed of the slight relief. I went through the same/similar process with my old man, watched disease destroy the strong & confident father I once had. This time will pass and you will remember him as he was before he got old and ill<br /><br />Sincerely, Timbo<br /><br />Timbo614https://www.blogger.com/profile/14671168026195402267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-15358751650176042492017-05-22T21:05:43.055+01:002017-05-22T21:05:43.055+01:00O/T but this was too good to go unnoticed.
BBC: W...O/T but this was too good to go unnoticed.<br /><br />BBC: Why are there so few big gardens at Chelsea Flower Show this year?<br /><br />COS BREXIT!!!dustyblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032381020404935256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69992545902332551432017-05-22T20:42:36.279+01:002017-05-22T20:42:36.279+01:00E-K Snr is gone.
It will take some getting used ...E-K Snr is gone. <br /><br />It will take some getting used to. A huge void but a great calm also. Like being freed from a dank cave into a lagoon.E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-34292976665700358732017-05-22T19:41:06.716+01:002017-05-22T19:41:06.716+01:00@Anon 5.41
You can make a fortune sitting on you...@Anon 5.41<br /><br /> You can make a fortune sitting on your arse. I've been paying over above my mortgage for about the last 15 years and I was gonna keep paying it until I owned the thing just like normal people do. <br /><br />Then QE kicked in, interest rates plummeted, banks screamed out for 70% loan to value people just to bolster and sense of normality and it turned out that my house was worth a frikkin' fortune. <br /><br />Ceteris paribus - I have obtained wealth just by sitting in a place and I quit my job last year and have no intention of getting another one soon. This is the richest i've ever been and I had absolutely no part in it whatsoever. <br /><br /> DtPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76990290973192129122017-05-22T18:44:31.271+01:002017-05-22T18:44:31.271+01:00formertory - I thought the money (is that OK?) was...formertory - I thought the money (is that OK?) was used to buy assets from the banks (including gilts) thus bolstering the price of said assets and driving down gilt yields.<br /><br /><i>"just an accounting entry to bolster the liquidity of banks so they could lend without breaching their legal obligations on asset ratios"</i><br /><br />So the banks were effectively insolvent? Is that "accounting entry" likely to reversed any decade soon? Accounting entries created to make the figures better usually attract fines and censure, not praise ("you've not understood the function of a central bank, It's what they do"). <br /><br /><i>"so they could lend without breaching their legal obligations"</i><br /><br />But immediately after 2008 no one wanted to borrow. It seems that only after the Bank made it plain that it would 'print' a l'outrance did everyone start borrowing again, and we are back (metaphorically) in 2006 only with even more debt. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com