tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post5073947325214553035..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Energy Update: Pulling The Oily LeversCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53528434891373325772011-06-26T14:08:24.802+01:002011-06-26T14:08:24.802+01:00'Cameron just stands blinking at the cameras, ...'Cameron just stands blinking at the cameras, saying that the nice Mrs Merkel has promised him no-one will be asking us for any Greek bail-out money. (Does he have a piece of paper from her, I wonder ...) Pathetic.'<br /><br />I've a nasty feeling these 'promises' Our Dave refers to have about as much chance of being acted upon as the 'promise' Blair received from the rest of the EU that,in return for compromising on the rebate, the CAP would be subject to serious revision.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-92023567343476962562011-06-25T19:17:34.718+01:002011-06-25T19:17:34.718+01:00budgie - yes, the Brown Bottom for oil will be alo...<b>budgie</b> - yes, the Brown Bottom for oil will be along soon. BTW, in the oil patch the BB is rendered 'Browne', for it was John Browne (of BP) who called the bottom @ $10 / bbl (as recently as <b><i>1998</i></b>, lest it be forgot) and bought Arco, Amoco and Burmah-Castrol at that time, thereby doubling BP's asset base - best piece of big-industry macro-speculation in recent years that I know of.<br /><br />as to Balls, all I'm saying is that he's a true strategist - doesn't mean he's got it right this time around, or indeed in the past, or that a good strategist can't be let down by bad tactics / implementation <br /><br />but he thinks in strategic ways and will prove a formidable opponent to anyone who doesn't: and although some credit Osborne with the same, he looks to me more like a devious tactician of the type that are two-a-penny in student unions up and down the landNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44421191440470447562011-06-25T18:33:01.702+01:002011-06-25T18:33:01.702+01:00Budgie, money has to be something that is rare , n...Budgie, money has to be something that is rare , not breakable and not easily reproduced. etc etc.<br />Thats why the world settled on Gold for a long time. As you probably well know.<br />We have since switched to paper that the politicians abuse the value of as much as possible before it inevitably collapses.<br /><br />Progress?<br /><br /><br />Nick, maybe you're right but the guy certainly isn't winning me over, his strategy appears to be to pretend there isn't a serious problem, and try to confuse the media over debt and deficit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-19727802652866807512011-06-25T18:07:24.450+01:002011-06-25T18:07:24.450+01:00ND, don't tell me that the head of the Interna...ND, don't tell me that the head of the International Energy Agency is one James Gordon Brown? Is this the brown bottom for oil, signaled by the sale of something we don't have enough of at a (relatively) low price?Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-46690037931342798512011-06-25T18:01:47.253+01:002011-06-25T18:01:47.253+01:00Gold standard? What about the conch shell standard...Gold standard? What about the conch shell standard instead?Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48370762431429821222011-06-25T17:38:06.909+01:002011-06-25T17:38:06.909+01:00Gold standard - a contentious matter around these ...Gold standard - a contentious matter around these parts ... (but I agree with you)<br /><br /><b>Elby</b> - may very well be up for that, details to follow via the usual channels: regards to all<br /><br />as regards Balls - yes, a loathsome little twat: but a genuine strategist nonetheless (see those papers leaked by the DTel recently) - I've met many a politician (and some Generals, come to that) who don't have an ounce of his natural talent in that direction<br /><br /><b>Kev</b>, straight to the point as ever & you may indeed be right<br /><br /><b>BE</b> I am feeling much the same way: it's not the U-turns particularly, but it's starting to add up to something ... inadequate. His 'stance' on the Greece thing is truly, truly pathetic <br /><br /><b>Demetrius</b> - yes, Baldwin much under-rated, ever since Churchill slagged him off so brutally: but the way SB handled the Strike, the press barons and the Abdication were, IMHO, masterlyNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84966160549345844972011-06-25T16:29:50.581+01:002011-06-25T16:29:50.581+01:00If we hadn't gone off the gold standard we wou...If we hadn't gone off the gold standard we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53931966084321346882011-06-25T16:28:29.798+01:002011-06-25T16:28:29.798+01:00I'm no fan of Cameron.
But really, how can yo...I'm no fan of Cameron.<br /><br />But really, how can you possibly give any credibility to Balls?<br />He seems to just want to keep borrowing and borrowing until we go over the edge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-43126491961866491392011-06-25T14:42:01.724+01:002011-06-25T14:42:01.724+01:00more for Anon - and what is wring with having peop...more for Anon - and what is wring with having people in the Cabinet who know how to make money, rather than how to spend money - that they don't even have. Doh.Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5796383506000840802011-06-25T14:41:08.932+01:002011-06-25T14:41:08.932+01:00It took me 40 years to vote Conservative, and, as ...It took me 40 years to vote Conservative, and, as matters stand, I can't see myself doing it again. Indeed, for all his chippiness, Farage's UKIP is increasingly looking to be the home for this pissed off voter, if just for their stance on the EU and local democracy. <br /><br />I would add that along the way it has been a pleasure to hook up with so many right of centre bloggers. Kudos to you all. And lets us know if you are up this way at any time, ND - there will be a cider awaiting you and <br />your better half :-) (I do remember her name but am invoking data privacy rules!)<br /><br />@ANON. You should know that, pre capita, both Labour and the Conservatives have the same percentage of millionaires in their ranks. And the wealthiest MP is a Labour MP. Nice try tho'Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84231840083600820672011-06-24T19:45:36.930+01:002011-06-24T19:45:36.930+01:00'Call me Dave' Dave won't pull anythin...'Call me Dave' Dave won't pull anything until he's given the nod by Barroso. <br /><br />I'd love the know what capital protection plans the 20+ millionaires in the Condem cabinet are using right now. I expect most will be unobtainable by the 'little people' so despised by the elite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79176602379832721882011-06-24T15:20:26.244+01:002011-06-24T15:20:26.244+01:00I'm not even sure they know where the levers a...I'm not even sure they know where the levers are. Mandelson, and even Balls - they know how these things are done.<br /><br />Well, Mandy and Balls have plenty of practice at pulling levers, probably no one has told Cameron how to pull the levers, maybe frightened in casr he pulls the wrong one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-62391098908915338262011-06-24T14:58:54.149+01:002011-06-24T14:58:54.149+01:00Where is Stanley Baldwin when you need him?Where is Stanley Baldwin when you need him?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-20038976479963948152011-06-24T13:41:13.758+01:002011-06-24T13:41:13.758+01:00"I don't see men who know how to pull the..."I don't see men who know how to pull the levers"<br /><br />I was really pro-Cameron but in the last month or two his lack of clothes have become apparent even to me.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.com