tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post505931998487012276..comments2024-03-29T13:32:22.201+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Poverty, Politics & Economics: the new PPECityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-29693097074634387982007-06-18T05:51:00.000+01:002007-06-18T05:51:00.000+01:00SlickerI think you're right about IDS - he does ap...Slicker<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about IDS - he does appear to be a thoroughly decent man, too decent to effectively run a party.pommygranatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913108500217273049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74846177371009464032007-06-17T10:15:00.000+01:002007-06-17T10:15:00.000+01:00Mutt - many of us are all too ignorant on how it "...<B>Mutt</B> - many of us are all too ignorant on how it "works" in detail, but "work" it clearly does - if you see what I meanNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26499221325997284512007-06-17T10:14:00.000+01:002007-06-17T10:14:00.000+01:00Poetry at last....Poetry at last....CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-2065913189491775592007-06-17T10:13:00.000+01:002007-06-17T10:13:00.000+01:00dearieme - yes, and compared to McBroon we may soo...<B>dearieme</B> - yes, and compared to McBroon we may soon be nostalgic for Blair<BR/><BR/><B>Shot</B> - I'm still in the <I>let's see what Cameron's got</I> camp: but his response to the IDS recommendations will be a(nother) test.<BR/><BR/>As regards votes, clearly the client-base is huge and growing - but does it vote ? or, indeed, might it bite the hand that feeds ? They may assume - & perhaps with some justification - that no party will dare switch off their life-support.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly it has been Clinton (W) who's managed the trick of large-scale reduction of benefit dependencyNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-27488823965121064052007-06-17T10:07:00.000+01:002007-06-17T10:07:00.000+01:00Ken - yes, Alex Salmond seems to have a cunning pl...<B>Ken</B> - yes, Alex Salmond seems to have a cunning plan to bait the English into separating from Scotland (since the Scots won't vote for it) & hope for EU money by way of replacement<BR/><BR/>As regards Brown's cowardice: altogether now ...<BR/><BR/><I>When I screwed up on the benefits front<BR/>I didnae wish to look a ****<BR/>So I pushed Primarolo oot in front<BR/>Because I have nae scuples!</I>Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63558300233390618892007-06-16T22:56:00.000+01:002007-06-16T22:56:00.000+01:00I wonder what happens to these single parents with...I wonder what happens to these single parents with 2 children under eleven when the children get over eleven and - eventually over 18? Do they just sign on for ever or claim to be disabled?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32916143411619427132007-06-16T19:42:00.000+01:002007-06-16T19:42:00.000+01:00Major, Hague, Duncan-Smith and Howard, for all the...<I>Major, Hague, Duncan-Smith and Howard, for all their faults, are each one of them better men than Blair.</I><BR/><BR/>And Cameron...who is turning into a Blue Bliar and making policy on media results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-8124913337138635142007-06-16T19:41:00.000+01:002007-06-16T19:41:00.000+01:00Tax credits is utter ludicrous and results in peop...Tax credits is utter ludicrous and results in people working the minimum to gain the maximum, but think of all those single parent votes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81395432163291634252007-06-16T18:46:00.000+01:002007-06-16T18:46:00.000+01:00Major, Hague, Duncan-Smith and Howard, for all the...Major, Hague, Duncan-Smith and Howard, for all their faults, are each one of them better men than Blair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-36914954432972786012007-06-16T17:46:00.000+01:002007-06-16T17:46:00.000+01:00Brown never defends the cock up that is tax credit...Brown never defends the cock up that is tax credits he uses his minions instead.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how he will manage to hide when P.M<BR/><BR/>The E.U and the Barnett formula at last are issues alive in the public mind!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com