tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post7098458277212963506..comments2024-03-18T16:33:31.633+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: I Gotta Dash - & Huhne's Gotta GoCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-21385230259087107622011-07-05T07:56:29.983+01:002011-07-05T07:56:29.983+01:00that's show business !that's show business !Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26479900484258952362011-07-05T06:50:27.979+01:002011-07-05T06:50:27.979+01:00Useful to Cameron is nothing to do with being usef...Useful to Cameron is nothing to do with being useful to us as an effective minister.<br />a) he is getting skewered which is useful to Clegg (and hence Cameron)<br />b) the green lunacy on energy policy is being reality-tested without damage to Cameron's credentials<br />c) he provides a focus for LD in-fighting and self-destruction, which will be useful to Cameron come the next election.<br />d) he is getting stuck with unpopular nuclear decisions, again without damage to the Tories.BrianSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613916574661223679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6709790886536969742011-07-04T15:36:09.596+01:002011-07-04T15:36:09.596+01:00Kev - yes, I think Huhne is a good example of the ...<b>Kev</b> - yes, I think Huhne is a good example of the 100% principles-free politician, Vicar-of-Bray style (Inde today covers his past pronouncements on the Euro, for example)<br /><br />history is littered with 'em<br /><br />best you can hope for is that they are competent technocrats: & that, I think, is how he is trying to make his markNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-36576541592560988292011-07-04T12:20:22.892+01:002011-07-04T12:20:22.892+01:00You see ... if he can't be trusted on telling ...You see ... if he can't be trusted on telling the truth on such a basic matter, where does this leave us on his claims about climate change ?<br /><br />Can all he's said be dismissed as discredited ?<br /><br />Huhne staying in place could be a bit of a problem for David as he's quite a Greenie at heart.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-37984802769835770732011-07-04T12:20:01.843+01:002011-07-04T12:20:01.843+01:00Budgie - checked link, it works for me: if still n...<b>Budgie</b> - checked link, it works for me: if still not good, go direct to Grauniad's site (30 June, search on Fukushima)<br /><br />I'd say he has enthusiastically embraced his marching-orders from Cameron, determined to be a good minister <i>qua</i> effective technical-political operator, a Getter-Done of Big & Difficult Things<br /><br /><b>Steven</b> - yes but where would <i>that</i> end, eh ?!<br /><br /><b>Brian</b> - you may be right, see response to Budgie above: always a premium on good technocrats - unless they rock the boat in other ways ...<br /><br />but blind following of orders onky gets you so far: and '<i>you want green, I'll give you bloody green even if it bankrupts us all</i>' is just dumb insolence**<br /><br />I'd say Osborne has got his number<br /><br />there are far better ways of pursuing energy policy - even a 'green' one<br /><br />** am reminded of Sherlock Holmes in (from memory) the <i>Bruce-Partington Plans</i> when he says something like: <i>if they want the plans, Ill get'em - if necessary, I'll buy them, even if it means a penny on the income tax</i>Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83410000647098318962011-07-04T11:07:16.557+01:002011-07-04T11:07:16.557+01:00I didn't put money on him going soon; he is to...I didn't put money on him going soon; he is too useful to Cameron just now.BrianSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613916574661223679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-16498467781882708722011-07-04T00:43:35.108+01:002011-07-04T00:43:35.108+01:00Have you made a complaint ND? Remember section 3,...Have you made a complaint ND? Remember section 3, Fraud Act 2006.<br /><br />If you are under a legal obligation to disclose information, and you dishonestly don't do it, it's fraud.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-90172549161722553522011-07-03T23:46:06.544+01:002011-07-03T23:46:06.544+01:00Actually I may have eaten a big Sunday dinner but ...Actually I may have eaten a big Sunday dinner but I am still Budgie, not Budge.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60447410999623995532011-07-03T23:44:27.400+01:002011-07-03T23:44:27.400+01:00ND - the Grauniad link didn't work for me. Huh...ND - the Grauniad link didn't work for me. Huhne seems to me to be fanatical about wind and reluctantly accepting nuclear. Are you saying different?Budgenoreply@blogger.com