tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3516160082146294804..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Surge, What Surge?Bryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-79826622143319607642007-11-12T01:01:00.000+00:002007-11-12T01:01:00.000+00:00Down here in Orstralia we look set to elect a labo...Down here in Orstralia we look set to elect a labour leader, Kevin Rudd, who's more right-wing than the Tory version.<BR/><BR/>The left seems to be under some misapprehension he'll change his mind about pretty much everything as soon as he's elected. <BR/><BR/>It doesn't look likely. Never trust a man with a hair-cut like <B>that</B> and who eats his ear-wax.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338729917360406867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-63589524912273967192007-11-11T04:41:00.000+00:002007-11-11T04:41:00.000+00:00Strange how Blair seems to be Thatcher only in a m...Strange how Blair seems to be Thatcher only in a man's suit & with a happy grin facemask. Brown i guess is Blair/Thatcher with a sour scowl facemask. Pity that John Smith bloke committed suicide while climbing a Scottish mountain, actually i can't remember, didn't some crazed loner shoot him? Or was he the one who slashed his wrists? Whatever, that's how it goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-14698869853149141712007-11-10T20:53:00.000+00:002007-11-10T20:53:00.000+00:00Er, yes--- bring back Tony. (Or something.)Er, yes--- bring back Tony. (Or something.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29045514426022516102007-11-10T19:59:00.000+00:002007-11-10T19:59:00.000+00:00Ah, Nick, welcome. I think it was in fact 7.20 am....Ah, Nick, welcome. I think it was in fact 7.20 am. But glad you agree.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-77054650095207253652007-11-10T17:36:00.000+00:002007-11-10T17:36:00.000+00:00If you're still not sure that Labour is imploding ...If you're still not sure that Labour is imploding you much watch this clip of Gordon Brown's tribute to Channel 4's Countdown http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mHOAtgMqr5I (thanks to Guido and Danny Finklestein). Watch this ye Guardianistas and despair!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76114529505104147812007-11-10T16:22:00.000+00:002007-11-10T16:22:00.000+00:00There was an impressive photo in the Telegraph of ...There was an impressive photo in the Telegraph of a couple of guys having a smoke in an enclosed shelter on the seawall watching these huge waves break right up against it. At any rate, I'm glad to hear all was near-normal in Norfolk. Good luck getting that AK-47. You are probably on a government "watch list" just for mentioning it.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82751024145462193212007-11-10T13:55:00.000+00:002007-11-10T13:55:00.000+00:00Nothing is worse than an anti-climax! The inevitab...Nothing is worse than an anti-climax! The inevitable simply did not happen. The only interesting point about the affair was that it proved to be mistaken. Bryan immediately understood the importance of what has not happened. I cannot help but admire him. People are alive through no fault of their own. Clearly there needs to be an explanation for this. Someone must assume, outright, the Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71193167930478104762007-11-10T12:57:00.000+00:002007-11-10T12:57:00.000+00:006.20 am, eh, comrade? Was that you up all night bo...6.20 am, eh, comrade? Was that you up all night boiling with rage or waking yourself from restless slumber with a mighty roar?<BR/><BR/>Anyway you're right. They don't get it. I was talking to some trade unionists about a private equity shark who had ripped apart the AA, sacked their members, made off with millions and who, get this, Brown had punished by appointing him to quangos.<BR/><BR/>'WhatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-33757019610939604602007-11-10T11:48:00.000+00:002007-11-10T11:48:00.000+00:00Bryan, repeat after me 'I do not live in Notting H...Bryan, repeat after me 'I do not live in Notting Hill' (and be duly grateful). That bump in the ground is called Campden Hill. You are still in civilisation, i.e Kensington. And my home laptop is working again, by some miracle (well, it must be, mustn't it?)...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72354682373531012372007-11-10T10:56:00.000+00:002007-11-10T10:56:00.000+00:00The surge story is a direct descendent of the Grea...The surge story is a direct descendent of the Great British Gale Syndrome. Ever since the forecasters got it wrong in 1987 they've gone over board ever since in order never to be caught out again. It's why as soon as even a centimetre of snow falls that we get 'severe weather warnings'.Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70279725634054256112007-11-10T07:59:00.000+00:002007-11-10T07:59:00.000+00:00well, thanks for asking, Vince, but my life - if y...well, thanks for asking, Vince, but my life - if you can call it that - was never in danger. I was at a high point in London. It's not called Notting Hill for nothing. My information about developments in Norfolk came from a nearby shopowner who kept an eye on the river. Throughout the day it stayed unusually low for this time of year. Glad you reminded me of the kayak. Now I just need an AK47 Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13481383205411214512007-11-10T07:53:00.000+00:002007-11-10T07:53:00.000+00:00That tidal wave, surge sounds so proactive, and No...That tidal wave, surge sounds so proactive, and Norfolk is there any damage. Are you a furlong or two nearer to beachfront. Or was one always able to hurl oneself from ones pit and launch the kayak direct from the bedroom windowsill. In other words, you an' yourn are safe ?.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com