tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3885739772220319799..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: News of Our LeadersBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5721722080450617332009-03-01T12:20:00.000+00:002009-03-01T12:20:00.000+00:00Warming to my own theme, another basic prerequisit...Warming to my own theme, another basic prerequisite for clarity on the banking crisis is to acknowledge that the Tories had no more clue than Nulab. "We will match Labour's spending plans." I rest my case.<BR/><BR/>That isn't going to affect the result next time. It's clearly time to "throw the rascals out," as the great HL Mencken sagely advised at any and every election.<BR/><BR/>But the fact Richard Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005416556432927671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6594395339694538602009-03-01T11:35:00.000+00:002009-03-01T11:35:00.000+00:00Agree with Finkelstein that avoiding mob rule shou...Agree with Finkelstein that avoiding mob rule should by now be our primary concern in Sir Fred's case. Even more importantly, the amount is utterly trivial compared to the hundreds of billions now being further committed to save 'the system'. We can't remotely think systemically until we get a basic mathematical sense of proportion. If Mandelson is the pea-brain cynically making use of that it's Richard Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005416556432927671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-54457963088407346132009-03-01T11:15:00.000+00:002009-03-01T11:15:00.000+00:00David,The burd who interviewed Carla's weekend sha...David,<BR/>The burd who interviewed Carla's weekend shag seems to have an inflated sense of her place in the grand order of things and should not be confused with Emma Kirkby whose singing has given her a place.<BR/><BR/>How about after the wall was overites.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-80662279691777451752009-03-01T08:58:00.000+00:002009-03-01T08:58:00.000+00:00...And the 50k he is leaving there after the "with......And the 50k he is leaving there after the "withdrawal"? The “transitional force” <BR/><BR/>Its amazing how those morning CIA intelligence briefings focus the mind.<BR/><BR/>As far as I can see this is the same plan Dubya put in place with the Iraqis last year except for the explicit Plan B to stay if the situation gets bad again, as opposed to Bams implicit undertakings.<BR/><BR/>Personally I Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-91698490942827567782009-03-01T08:29:00.000+00:002009-03-01T08:29:00.000+00:00In the words of Billy Connolly, only a celibate co...In the words of Billy Connolly, only a celibate could have come up with the phrase 'responsible withdrawal'...Robert Iddiolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104189636824386187noreply@blogger.com