tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post692058914415250527..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Question Time : Its the Tories, isn't it? editionCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63713780592885111722011-11-21T11:19:53.676+00:002011-11-21T11:19:53.676+00:00Ha ha. You must be right, Lilith.
So you know wh...Ha ha. You must be right, Lilith. <br /><br />So you know what the rest of us can expect for Christmas? Lovely HoC snow globes. They are not big sellers.measuredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11281134269555074558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9215100643232731872011-11-20T13:27:38.085+00:002011-11-20T13:27:38.085+00:00Isn't it obvious Measured? When Bill isn't...Isn't it obvious Measured? When Bill isn't sleeping on the benches he is moonlighting in the House of Commons souvenir shop.lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-73755973637919342382011-11-18T23:59:52.404+00:002011-11-18T23:59:52.404+00:00It was more the cliff I was thinking about. The Du...It was more the cliff I was thinking about. The Duchess of Cambridge is still alive. <br /><br />You are right. I meant to buy a Royal Wedding tea towel but they had completely sold out by the time I got round to it. I suspect they will be a glut of 2012 stuff though. The design and colours will age so quickly.<br /><br />So is this to be a guessing game? If so, I'm not playing, so tell us. Ok, department store... "going up, first floor, telephones, gents, ready made suits... going up". That's inflation for you, not sales.measuredhttp://twitter.com/measurednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-88286796086407659842011-11-18T23:30:22.196+00:002011-11-18T23:30:22.196+00:00Measured: I turned most of it down.
But in hindsig...Measured: I turned most of it down.<br />But in hindsight, and using my own maxims, I should have bought much more. <br />I was worried about the very short shelf life.<br />But I also neglected the very large US market.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-54451943909089469282011-11-18T22:46:58.160+00:002011-11-18T22:46:58.160+00:00Thanks, Bill. So what do you sell? Royal Wedding ...Thanks, Bill. So what do you sell? Royal Wedding memorabilia?measuredhttp://twitter.com/measurednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11575286788353530932011-11-18T14:15:24.459+00:002011-11-18T14:15:24.459+00:00SW: Poor show being in hunland.
Never mind. Trade ...SW: Poor show being in hunland.<br />Never mind. Trade here has gone from poor to bad to cliff edge.<br />Never known it as bad as last 4 weeks. This is consumer spending. Either the big supers have convinced the entire country to shop in their sheds or people have buttoned up.<br /><br />I expect the latter as a large {and I do mean large} increase in the amount of coin being taken over the counters. <br />That's bottle jar Christmas clubs. Those savings aren't easily replaced next year.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68047405508721925902011-11-18T12:19:18.261+00:002011-11-18T12:19:18.261+00:00Damn! Was stuck in Deutschland at an electronics ...Damn! Was stuck in Deutschland at an electronics industry tradeshow so missed the whole thing. I daresay there is no danger of me winning the dubious Japanese whisky now.<br /><br />Very interesting week though; aside from the fact trade is dire and seemed to drop off a cliff in October, my German friends are largely convinced the Euro is under attack from devious British 007-types in league with ex-public schoolboys in the city and the CIA; apparently we are wrecking the Euro on purpose, in pursuit of our historic aims of preventing any one nation gaining hegemony (I wish we were that smart). I did gently point out that we weren't in it and they could stop it all any time they liked by firing up the presses only to hear "Hah! Zis is exactly vot the speculators is vonting!! Vee do not give it to zem!!" closely followed by "Schon wieder.... Verdammter Englander hat unser Land kaput gemacht... Weltmacht oder Niederlage!", that sort of thing. A French distributor told me the UK should join the Euro this minute "otherwise the Germans will be completely in charge!"<br /><br />You can see how crap business is, that we spent all week chit-chatting about politics instead of speaking to customers and taking orders.Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-18205604381649317242011-11-18T12:07:07.220+00:002011-11-18T12:07:07.220+00:00Ahhh! Jan. Already ran that race.
Favourable scori...Ahhh! Jan. Already ran that race.<br />Favourable scoring next week thoughBill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-49870054454745300802011-11-18T11:46:27.029+00:002011-11-18T11:46:27.029+00:00Sorry missed a day somehow!!Sorry missed a day somehow!!Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81674887265706754652011-11-18T11:37:48.121+00:002011-11-18T11:37:48.121+00:00There has to be a very Welsh flavour so here goes:...There has to be a very Welsh flavour so here goes:<br /><br />1. What about our jobs? Why are the evil Tories wrecking the economy and doing away with all the public sector jobs?<br /><br />2. Should Cardiff Bay ie WAG (Welsh Assembly Government) be given more powers similar to Scotland?<br /><br />3. Will electrification of the railway between Cardiff and Paddington make any difference? (Why does the Severn Bridge Toll keep going up and is this a tax on visiting Wales?)<br /><br />4. What about all those second home owners paying a reduced council tax. Is this fair?<br /><br />5. Should Welsh people be allowed to smoke in their cars?Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-22370946838234727532011-11-18T11:31:13.780+00:002011-11-18T11:31:13.780+00:00BE - Father of the house! Cheeky young scamp!BE - Father of the house! Cheeky young scamp!Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-43502934375746397162011-11-18T11:29:00.710+00:002011-11-18T11:29:00.710+00:00Only caught the tail of it. So will score from Twi...Only caught the tail of it. So will score from Twitter.<br />Lots of gaps in the ranks - chance to move on up the board for the 'Iron Brigade'<br /><br />BQ -2 {yes,..well..other priorities..not full attention..other excuses etc}<br /><br />Miss CD - 2 {+1/2 for a euro} =2.5<br /><br />Hovis - those wicked, wicked Tories didn't seem to get the usual Welsh pasting. - 2.5<br /><br />Malcolm Tucker - good guesses. But you should have known it would be that non stop, water cooler discussion, Syria! - 1<br /><br />Botogol - 3 {but no double for windfarms-see measured} -3 <br /><br />appointmetotheboard - 2 {+1/2 because I don't know the lame imression story. What lame impression has he done? The one where he's a feeble PM. He's been doing that one for ages.} -2 1/2<br /><br />ND - ahh yes.. its a shame Father Ed Milly isn't in real government.He's comedy gold. -1.5<br /><br />HG - Thanks - 2.5 there<br /><br />Andrew - Gutter ball there. Just 1.<br /><br />Philipa - 1st and last choices saved you -2<br /><br />Mark Wadsworth Not bad. Hutton did bounce up and down a lot. -2.5<br /><br />Measured - very good - 3. <br /><br />DP - I make that 3 +.5 for Hutton babbling about the Euro demise. - 3.5<br /><br />Miss S-J.nahhh..-1<br /><br />Hopper - bit off too - 1<br /><br />Timbo-GSD-CU-Jan-Weetabix -Sean & others.<br /><br />ou missed little, a low scoring game apart from DP/Botogol and Measured.<br />Still time to make progress.<br /><br />Winner is Dick the Prick, who was well on the money.-3.5Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65323754310030249012011-11-18T08:43:15.682+00:002011-11-18T08:43:15.682+00:00Happy birthday BQ!
Are you Father of the House ye...Happy birthday BQ!<br /><br />Are you Father of the House yet?Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-66844061034159473882011-11-18T01:33:30.907+00:002011-11-18T01:33:30.907+00:00Damn - totally forgot about the quiz. Well, that&#...Damn - totally forgot about the quiz. Well, that's my vanishingly small chance of getting anywhere near the top gone then - but looking at your answers (I missed the program too), I probably would have been out for a duck anyhow!<br /><br />Happy Birthday BQ - hope you had a good one.GSDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11988661016168621272011-11-17T23:53:21.676+00:002011-11-17T23:53:21.676+00:00Answers
How would you help the one million 16-24 ...Answers<br /><br />How would you help the one million 16-24 year olds that are now unemployed?<br /><br />Q: Are the calls to ban smoking in cars a step too far?<br /><br />Q: Mrs Merkel’s right hand man says “Europe is speaking German”. Is this a reflection of Mrs Merkel’s aspiration to rule Europe?<br /><br />Q: Why is government pushing up energy bills by subsidising windfarms, which are proven to be uneconomic?<br /><br />Q: How many more people have to die [in Syria] before Britain considers a Libyan-style intervention?<br /><br />Scores tomorrow.<br /><br />Windfarms! Its a fix.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-1972534304020725082011-11-17T23:29:55.595+00:002011-11-17T23:29:55.595+00:00Wow! Windfarms a massive scam - she said it bette...Wow! Windfarms a massive scam - she said it better than ND ever could didn't she!Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10564977070548996672011-11-17T23:10:39.685+00:002011-11-17T23:10:39.685+00:00DAMN and blast 14 hour days I completely forgot - ...DAMN and blast 14 hour days I completely forgot - even tho' I thought about it when I read Mr Branson got his bank :(Timbo614https://www.blogger.com/profile/14671168026195402267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59957304742175349322011-11-17T22:31:25.203+00:002011-11-17T22:31:25.203+00:00oh, and happy birthday BQ!oh, and happy birthday BQ!Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13548829473468337487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68823582335939788292011-11-17T22:30:59.737+00:002011-11-17T22:30:59.737+00:00Sneaking in under the wire, hopefully...
1. Merv ...Sneaking in under the wire, hopefully...<br /><br />1. Merv King says we're going into recession (joining the rest of Europe,looks like), is he right? Leading into<br />2. Wales has been in recession for years and years because of the Evil Tories, what would the panel do to help Wales' economy?<br />3. Is firing wounded soldiers morally acceptable?<br />4. Fuel tax, do motorists pay too much already?Someone is likely to comment about the airline passengers paying for their fuel<br />5. Wildcard, something about Occupy X - is there no Occupy Cardiff group because no-one would care?Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13548829473468337487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-46297104519252399762011-11-17T22:12:57.371+00:002011-11-17T22:12:57.371+00:00So much too choose from, so little that is importa...So much too choose from, so little that is important to Question Time.<br /><br />Lets see...<br /><br />1.The May/Brodie show rumbles on. It seems neither lied and neither told the truth.<br /><br />2.Glastonbury-on-Thames. Go home you bums. Its over! Will they still be there come the mayoral election? {yes}<br /><br />3. Welsh Labour budget is defeated by Lib/Con/Cym. Is this a new coalition?<br /><br />4.Youth and unemployment in general. I thought Brown said this recession would be over by now if we blew all the money right at the start. Was he wrong. Or has not enough money been blown?<br /><br />5. Fuel tax hits us country people hard. Should the government stop putting up taxes?<br />Whilst increasing all available services and benefits. <br /><br />{Possibly through some sort of magic beans/beanstalk/golden goose/ theft from a giant, policy.}Miss S-Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78735821857820883912011-11-17T21:57:30.318+00:002011-11-17T21:57:30.318+00:00Evening fellow smoking, unemployed, non biometrica...Evening fellow smoking, unemployed, non biometrically assessed immigrants.<br /><br />1) Unemployment<br /><br />2) Tories 'shambles' with immigration<br /><br />3) Euro clusterfuck with Northern Wreck (1 question - no splits)Watch Will Hutton, to be fair to the ejeet, state that the Euro has legs and we're all dooooomed, doomed I tells ya if it dies.<br /><br />4) Phone hacking<br /><br />5) Countryside stuff and housing, planning and destruction of natural landscape. <br /><br /> (as a confession i'm that guy who still buys the Guardian - long commute and adore Simon Hoggart but Sir Simon of Jenkins is a good lad and, well, he's got a bloody good point about this planning brown envelope policy that's being aborted).<br /><br /> Is Chris Bryant the most disgusting of politicians? Yes, yes I think so.<br /><br /> Happy birthday BQ - I trust it'll all be on IPSA! Nah, seriously, happy birthday man.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33979814037283627672011-11-17T20:47:01.325+00:002011-11-17T20:47:01.325+00:001. What will David say to Angela tomorrow? Ironman...1. What will David say to Angela tomorrow? Ironman Dave<br /><br />2. Northern Rock or Northern Brick?<br /><br />3. How do young people get to afford mortgages? Give them jobs so they can give the money to the banks or summat. <br /><br />4. Sep Blatter - you pink bl*ckmailer pink Sw*ne. Shake hands? <br /><br />5. Legalising cannabis. Would the little old lady next door grow four plants for me? <br /><br />6. The economic outlook is dire. Wind farms? Get real. <br /><br />Happy Birthday!measuredhttp://twitter.com/measurednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60630208007242511872011-11-17T20:09:57.599+00:002011-11-17T20:09:57.599+00:001. 3p on fuel, hard pressed motorists falling vict...1. 3p on fuel, hard pressed motorists falling victim to savage Tory cuts.<br /><br />2. Euro melt down, banks melt down, was it the right time for a sale of NR at a profit of about £25 million if you actually crunch the numbers<br /><br />3. NHS waiting lists, savage Tory cuts.<br /><br />4. Smoking in cars.<br /><br />5. The Yanks have got rid of their Occupy protesters, are the Met Police being hampered by Savage Tory Cuts.<br />-------------------<br />I can do the answers as well:<br /><br />Shapps: help for first time buyers.<br />Bryant: under Nulab we'd have banned smoking in cars by now<br />Jones: savage Tory cuts, time for Wales to vote for Westminster-financed independence<br />WIll Hutton: youth unemployment, which has rocketed by over forty-seven and a half since Labour were booted out etc.<br />Jenkins: savage Tory cuts forcing us to concrete over our green and unpleasant landMark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-88194637600113682472011-11-17T20:08:59.284+00:002011-11-17T20:08:59.284+00:00Coalition government is shit. Cameron is crap. Eto...Coalition government is shit. Cameron is crap. Eton Rifles is my backing track. Grrr.<br /><br />1. Youth unmeployment.<br /><br />2. Queens award for engineering. Why get youth into engineering? There isn't any (except LandRover hiring - hurrah!) Businesses are cautious, banks aren't lending, economy slowing not growing.<br /><br />3. St Pauls eviction. Is this a blow for peaceful protest?<br /><br />4. Thatcher obliterated the mining industry. What's left? Benefits. Which the Tories have reduced, persecuting the poor. Rich bastards. Rant, rant, Oh... yeah... Northern Rock.<br /><br />5. Smoking in the car.<br /><br />Happy Birthday BQ XXPhilipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32529908704149385872011-11-17T19:58:57.597+00:002011-11-17T19:58:57.597+00:001 Fuel prices - will 3p really make a difference
...1 Fuel prices - will 3p really make a difference<br /><br />2 Inflation - is it really coming down It doesn't feel like it<br /><br />3 Mr Blatter - a chance for all to sound off<br /><br />4 Unemployment - what industry can be re-established in darkest Wales - will all the youth need to emigrate?<br /><br />5 Sale of N Rock - are the banks on the mend?andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.com