tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post183682330291571232..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Back from the FrontCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-38245684160272326072017-06-12T08:46:13.881+01:002017-06-12T08:46:13.881+01:00If the Tories had made houses cheaper it would hav...If the Tories had made houses cheaper it would have helped. Of course voting Labour to get cheaper houses is stupid - but people often are.<br />Fox hunting and the dementia tax were own goals.L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40419569992553698862017-06-11T17:39:41.991+01:002017-06-11T17:39:41.991+01:00Corbyn seems to want to get another go at an elect...Corbyn seems to want to get another go at an election csmpsignGraemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32929841750920349532017-06-10T16:53:19.386+01:002017-06-10T16:53:19.386+01:00Ulster to the breach again, for the fourth time in...Ulster to the breach again, for the fourth time in British history :<br /><br />The Battle of the Boyne, 1690<br /><br />The Battle of the Somme, 1916<br /><br />The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945<br /><br />The Battle of Brussels, 2017 - 2019Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33481384982393767912017-06-10T15:27:57.040+01:002017-06-10T15:27:57.040+01:00What it takes to make a success of Brexit:
- work...What it takes to make a success of Brexit:<br /><br />- work *bloody hard* at Brexit<br /><br />What it takes to sabbotage Brexit:<br /><br />- not work *bloody hard* at Brexit<br /><br />Throw in the odd prevarication too, ie a General Election. There is no strategic thinking required.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-64903075793868097252017-06-10T15:04:45.696+01:002017-06-10T15:04:45.696+01:00Good grief, I got it wrong!
DtPGood grief, I got it wrong!<br /><br />DtPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-57015656324621362392017-06-10T10:40:34.065+01:002017-06-10T10:40:34.065+01:00Bogotol
You are so right
Bet may wishes she had...Bogotol <br /><br />You are so right<br /><br />Bet may wishes she had thought of that andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26159844929168481522017-06-10T08:38:16.917+01:002017-06-10T08:38:16.917+01:00Pathetic !Pathetic !Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40590438816173308792017-06-10T08:36:41.743+01:002017-06-10T08:36:41.743+01:00It's like watching a schoolgirl prefect who do...It's like watching a schoolgirl prefect who doesn't really want to run the sports day sprint, first tying up her shoelace halfway along, still getting ahead of the retarded kid and then tripping over a daisy at the finishing line to let him break the ribbon. <br /><br />A proper Brexiter would have literally stormed this election and got the retard his orange juice. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76511435353476974852017-06-10T08:27:09.177+01:002017-06-10T08:27:09.177+01:00ND said "much as I enjoy that thesis, it is b...ND said "much as I enjoy that thesis, it is built on an assumption of strategic nous and competence on the part of T.May that she just ain't got"<br /><br />Well let's start from the perspective that May is a Remainer (I can no longer give her the respectful 'Mrs')<br /><br />Thereafter she has sought to lead by hold-me-back consensus. Every step of the way, dilly-dallying and generous time advantage to first, Miller then Corbyn. <br /><br />Who put a Remainer in charge of Leaving ?<br /><br />Brexit has been hobbled from the outset. <br /><br />I wish we'd never had the referendum in the first place and the reason is not because I think Leaving is wrong but because we are not allowed the leader we need to get us out. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68053156161100225942017-06-10T08:11:58.654+01:002017-06-10T08:11:58.654+01:00Cock-up or conspiracy regarding the result?
Is Ma...Cock-up or conspiracy regarding the result?<br /><br />Is May really that politically naive not to have considered a hung parliament? And if she is really that stupid, why is she still there?<br /><br />It would appear there are decisions being taken in the background and the people behind these are keeping May in place for no other reason than they are not ready. And the DUP might be a bit more politically savvy than the LibDems who were carved up and spat out by the Blue machine.<br /><br />So onto Brexit. If the men in the shadows are looking for a sacrificial lamb, they have one with May (who is hoping Davis will be hers). But which way do they want the discussion to go? <br /><br />Time will tell. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39502828492496374732017-06-10T00:03:15.096+01:002017-06-10T00:03:15.096+01:00roym - freedom of movement was why Remain lost. Si...roym - freedom of movement was why Remain lost. Single market = freedom of movement.<br /><br />(It's also why real (inflation-adjusted) male wages in 2016 were lower than in 1997. The 'benefits' of the EU include 19 years of lowered living standards.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76835508078471430392017-06-09T23:34:23.757+01:002017-06-09T23:34:23.757+01:00Heart of stone not to laugh
Hubris of the gover...Heart of stone not to laugh <br /><br />Hubris of the government thrown well and truly back at em. Kensington went red!<br /><br />Frankly, I think we should all welcome a period of limited govt, the last 2 years have been murderous.<br /><br />CU what's all this about the EU enforcing hard brexit? Barnier has repeatedly said the single market and customs union are on the table. It's the swivelled eye brigade who st Theresa rushed to embrace that have tried to paint us into a corner. Why though I will never know.<br /><br />roymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74387126427003921062017-06-09T23:27:36.776+01:002017-06-09T23:27:36.776+01:00Where even was Boris, Gove, etc? Admittedly I don&...Where even was Boris, Gove, etc? Admittedly I don't watch TV but I haven't seen any of them except May and Rudd and maybe a few others for what seems like weeks.<br /><br />Hopefully they are working hard on Brexit but the campaign was too much about May and her wacky ideas about internet censorship and fox hunting.Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48329858527241237982017-06-09T23:15:41.009+01:002017-06-09T23:15:41.009+01:00May stumbles from mistake to mistake. She had no n...May stumbles from mistake to mistake. She had no need to make a deal with the DUP, or anyone else. She could have simply run a minority government. The opposition parties would not have forced a no confidence motion and another election. It's going to be a long time before any politician ever again calls an unnecessary election<br />She needed nothing from the DUP . The deal is all downside , no upside .<br />Again she has rushed into a poor decisionBotogolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-90290967609942573572017-06-09T21:06:21.099+01:002017-06-09T21:06:21.099+01:00Maybe ND was in on it?Maybe ND was in on it?Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63708747463136874132017-06-09T20:12:21.747+01:002017-06-09T20:12:21.747+01:00much as I enjoy that thesis, it is built on an ass...much as I enjoy that thesis, it is built on an assumption of strategic nous and competence on the part of T.May that <i>she just ain't got</i> Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78765030563981140652017-06-09T20:08:48.628+01:002017-06-09T20:08:48.628+01:00I'm in the stages of grief bit at the moment a...I'm in the stages of grief bit at the moment although I have concluded that his election was thrown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65995696048620671392017-06-09T18:27:45.158+01:002017-06-09T18:27:45.158+01:00gmorris - no thanks, once the taxes are put up hig...gmorris - no thanks, once the taxes are put up high and the economy wrecked it would be decades before they ever came down again. After the 19070's it was practically the 1990's before the top rate of tax went to 40%.CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42212898941909197982017-06-09T16:07:41.398+01:002017-06-09T16:07:41.398+01:00Would have been better to lose, let Labour cock up...Would have been better to lose, let Labour cock up brexit, bungle their domestic policy then have the tories come back in in 2022, tell junker whatever deal you agreed with the last lot is in the bin. Atleast the students who think they're smart enough to vote would get it out their systemgmorrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-21276331174153422002017-06-09T15:17:40.688+01:002017-06-09T15:17:40.688+01:00Mandelson on the World At One, complimenting Corby...Mandelson on the World At One, complimenting Corbyn on his campaign and recommending he reach out to "those with experience of government" i.e. the Blairite invade-the-world/invite-the-world bunch who've spent the last year briefing against him. <br /><br />Take his advice, and perhaps we'll see a Prime Minister Corbyn bombing Iran! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-23591890613451991982017-06-09T14:39:11.691+01:002017-06-09T14:39:11.691+01:00No doubt Labour will fight tooth and nail to preve...No doubt Labour will fight tooth and nail to prevent the reform of constituency boundaries.<br /><br />Don CoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65153400701373771662017-06-09T12:49:55.473+01:002017-06-09T12:49:55.473+01:00SO....
Well done to those who got this right, I c...SO....<br /><br />Well done to those who got this right, I certainly did not. <br /><br />However, democracy is served, Labour up for their youth motivation, tories down for their Sodom & Gomorrah campaign. <br /><br />Any parties that wanted another referendum on anything got nowhere. <br /><br />People are tired of elections and campaigns (they punished May for this too!).<br /><br />Why does everyone forget that the EU decide our Brexit, not us. They have decided on HARDS Brexit, so that is what it will be. If Labour dump Corbyn for Clive Lewis or some such, they will get in easily next election. Somehow I don't think May will ever be allowed to fight another one. <br /><br />All this soft brexit stuff is for the birds. <br /><br />CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-75326032983919549992017-06-09T12:47:45.123+01:002017-06-09T12:47:45.123+01:00This election was fought on the existing constitue...This election was fought on the existing constituency boundaries, which give a 5-6% advantage to Labour. That means that a 44% Conservative vote was not enough to gain a majority, whereas an equivalent percentage for Labour would have given them a landslide.<br /><br />The Boundary Commission is due to report in 2018, so if the present Government can survive until then, and get the reformed boundaries through Parliament, the next election should be fought on a more level playing field.<br /><br />If they don't, you can imagine the alternative ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-46499047867801612722017-06-09T12:40:26.333+01:002017-06-09T12:40:26.333+01:00Hats off to "my name.....". The other m...Hats off to "my name.....". The other main gain is to get rid of/or at least reduce the aggro of the thorn in the side which is the SNP, whoever gets to be the boss. Maybe we've lost some Blairites too which would be a relief.<br /><br />I wonder if the remainiacs of both parties and Brexiteers of both parties will be able to swallow their pride and work together?.....Some hopes but it looks like left and right may be less important than heretofore with regards to Brexit. With regards to everything else though the gulf is huge.<br /><br />I see Wales has returned to type.....thank the Lord I no longer live there.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-70560120840563756452017-06-09T12:36:16.291+01:002017-06-09T12:36:16.291+01:00Putting the old tin foil hat on maybe this was the...Putting the old tin foil hat on maybe this was the outcome "<i>They</i>" wanted? A gert big spanner thrown into the Brexit negotiations before they have even started.<br /><br />Now who was twisting her arm and what dirt do they have on her?barnacle billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375356036844289964noreply@blogger.com