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viernes, 26 de junio de 2020
viernes, 21 de febrero de 2020
Obvious onslaught on one's oakus...
BoJo seems to have gone stir crazy, a sort of demob happy in reverse. The overbudget, behind schedule, no business case, no environmental case, unwanted and unneeded HS2, the Huawei bullet (now dodged maybe), possible fuel tax rises, green zero carbon eco-lunacy etc. money money money.
The graph highlights the good work done (slowly but surely) over the last decade to reduce borrowing (spending!). Now it is all set to go pear shaped. That said, the graph really does pop the bubble and highlight the lies of the 'austerity' screamers* (quadruple, triple and double the 2007 borrowing from 2009-2016...and they didn't hide it under the mattress). Spending has been more than income since 2002.
Graph hat-tip: Guido.
Full info debt, deficit, borrowing, receipts etc: UK Gov ONS Public Sector Finances.
* It may have been just a 'vote for me' gimmick but BoJo was wrong to say "austerity" was 'not the way forward'.
Obvious onslaught on one's oakus...
BoJo seems to have gone stir crazy, a sort of demob happy in reverse. The overbudget, behind schedule, no business case, no environmental case, unwanted and unneeded HS2, the Huawei bullet (now dodged maybe), possible fuel tax rises, green zero carbon eco-lunacy etc. money money money.
The graph highlights the good work done (slowly but surely) over the last decade to reduce borrowing (spending!). Now it is all set to go pear shaped. That said, the graph really does pop the bubble and highlight the lies of the 'austerity' screamers* (quadruple, triple and double the 2007 borrowing from 2009-2016...and they didn't hide it under the mattress). Spending has been more than income since 2002.
Full info debt, deficit, borrowing, receipts etc: UK Gov ONS Public Sector Finances.
* It may have been just a 'vote for me' gimmick but BoJo was wrong to say "austerity" was 'not the way forward'.
lunes, 3 de febrero de 2020
Outwardly on our own; openly optimistic...
Alone again although not quite: we are open for business with the world. I still am not 100 percent convinced by BoJo but by God it makes a hell of a differnece to have an overtly optimistic and patriotic Prime Minister again.
Today his written statement is promising: "The Government remains committed in all circumstances to securing all those benefits for the whole of the UK and to strengthening our Union."..."In its negotiations with the EU, the Government will be acting on behalf of the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories: the whole UK family. The UK proposes to agree similar arrangements with the EFTA states."
But...today's speech is outstanding.
"And - you know where this is going - today if we get it right, if we have the courage to follow the instincts and the instructions of the British people, this can be another such moment on the launching pad."
"We are re-emerging after decades of hibernation as a campaigner for global free trade.
"And frankly it is not a moment too soon because the argument for this fundamental liberty is now not being made...
...And since these notions were born here in this country, it has been free trade that has done more than any other single economic idea to raise billions out of poverty and incredibly fast."
We do extraordinary things as I never tire of telling you.
Tea to China, cake to France, TV aerials to South Korea and so on.
Boomerangs to Australia - Nigel Farage to America. Then he came back of course. [Ows: Thank God!]
We are embarked now on a great voyage, a project that no one thought in the international community that this country would have the guts to undertake, but if we are brave and if we truly commit to the logic of our mission - open, outward-looking - generous, welcoming, engaged with the world championing global free trade now when global free trade needs a global champion,
I believe we can make a huge success of this venture, for Britain, for our European friends, and for the world.
Very well worth a read of the whole thing, or a watch and listen (speech begins @3:25, don't miss Q&A at the end, LOL).
Plus another good read: Leaving the EU is a joyous expression of national self-confidence. For that, we have Thatcher to thank. (Conservative Home):
"However, Thatcher changed everything. Her radical reforms, unapologetic patriotism, uncompromising will and remarkable character lifted the nation out of its post-war torpor and restored its self-confidence...
"A British ‘economic miracle’ was being enviously mooted on the continent – a truly remarkable turnaround from the stagnation and misery afflicting the nation just 10 years earlier...
"Most important, though, was the national pride restored by Thatcher’s indomitable spirit and sense of moral purpose.
"If Britain joined what was to become the EU in a moment of disorientation and self-doubt, it voted out as a confident, self-assured, optimistic, outward-looking and independent nation state.
"For this, we have Thatcher to thank. And as a delicious accompaniment, she posthumously drove a stake through the heart of her vampiric nemesis, Michael Heseltine. Victory has never been sweeter."
Outwardly on our own; openly optimistic...
Alone again although not quite: we are open for business with the world. I still am not 100 percent convinced by BoJo but by God it makes a hell of a differnece to have an overtly optimistic and patriotic Prime Minister again.
Today his written statement is promising: "The Government remains committed in all circumstances to securing all those benefits for the whole of the UK and to strengthening our Union."..."In its negotiations with the EU, the Government will be acting on behalf of the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories: the whole UK family. The UK proposes to agree similar arrangements with the EFTA states." But...today's speech is outstanding.
"And - you know where this is going - today if we get it right, if we have the courage to follow the instincts and the instructions of the British people, this can be another such moment on the launching pad.""We are re-emerging after decades of hibernation as a campaigner for global free trade.
"And frankly it is not a moment too soon because the argument for this fundamental liberty is now not being made...
...And since these notions were born here in this country, it has been free trade that has done more than any other single economic idea to raise billions out of poverty and incredibly fast." We do extraordinary things as I never tire of telling you. Tea to China, cake to France, TV aerials to South Korea and so on. Boomerangs to Australia - Nigel Farage to America. Then he came back of course. [Ows: Thank God!]
We are embarked now on a great voyage, a project that no one thought in the international community that this country would have the guts to undertake, but if we are brave and if we truly commit to the logic of our mission - open, outward-looking - generous, welcoming, engaged with the world championing global free trade now when global free trade needs a global champion, I believe we can make a huge success of this venture, for Britain, for our European friends, and for the world.Very well worth a read of the whole thing, or a watch and listen (speech begins @3:25, don't miss Q&A at the end, LOL).
Plus another good read: Leaving the EU is a joyous expression of national self-confidence. For that, we have Thatcher to thank. (Conservative Home): "However, Thatcher changed everything. Her radical reforms, unapologetic patriotism, uncompromising will and remarkable character lifted the nation out of its post-war torpor and restored its self-confidence...
"A British ‘economic miracle’ was being enviously mooted on the continent – a truly remarkable turnaround from the stagnation and misery afflicting the nation just 10 years earlier...
"Most important, though, was the national pride restored by Thatcher’s indomitable spirit and sense of moral purpose."For this, we have Thatcher to thank. And as a delicious accompaniment, she posthumously drove a stake through the heart of her vampiric nemesis, Michael Heseltine. Victory has never been sweeter."
"If Britain joined what was to become the EU in a moment of disorientation and self-doubt, it voted out as a confident, self-assured, optimistic, outward-looking and independent nation state.
domingo, 15 de diciembre de 2019
Only once: "one-off" offer?...
No need to go into any depth about last week's General Election in the UK. Amazing stuff: the Conservative Party polled 43.6 per cent of the popular vote, which is its highest share since 1979. The Labour Party got 203 seats, the fewest since 1935. CON got 13.96 million votes, compare to Tony Blair in his landslide win in 1997 got 'only' 13.5 million (43.2%). Now, no other parties are in the Top 5:
- John Major 14,093,007 (1992) 41.9%
- Boris Johnson 13,966,451 (2019) 43.6%
- Margaret Thatcher 13,760,935 (1987) 42.2%
- Margaret Thatcher 13,697,923 (1979) 43.9%
- Theresa May 13,667,213 (2017) 42.4%
The above of course are Prime Ministers, this is hard on Clement Attlee in the 1951 GE. [edit] and we all know TM is hardly a Conservative with Major also on the edge and BoJo still to prove himself.
Anyhoo..."The crumbling of the ‘Red Wall’ is the big story of this election and some commentators are describing it as a “one off.” The conventional wisdom is that working class voters have “lent” their votes to the Conservatives and, barring an upset, will give them back next time round. It’s Brexit, supposedly that has been the game-changer—an excuse leapt on by Corbyn’s outriders in the media, who are loathe to blame Labour’s defeat on their man." So writes Toby Young* on Quillette.
Maybe, maybe not. Remember Maggie's extended-thank-God success partly due to 'Mondeo Man', or Blair's slimey manipulations (aided by a weak and simpering MSM) extending his ruinous-for-the-UK run? I fully expect BoJo to fudge Brexit but if he doesn't and this happens - "If the Withdrawal Agreement Bill is not ratified by 31 January 2020, we will leave the EU without a deal in place" - then the "one off" maybe a much longer run.
* He of course knows BoJo well.
Comment of the day (from WRMF on the Quilette link) has me in stitches:
“Labor could not have picked a worse candidate.”
US Democratic Party to UK Labour Party: “Hold My Beer”
Only once: "one-off" offer?...
No need to go into any depth about last week's General Election in the UK. Amazing stuff: the Conservative Party polled 43.6 per cent of the popular vote, which is its highest share since 1979. The Labour Party got 203 seats, the fewest since 1935. CON got 13.96 million votes, compare to Tony Blair in his landslide win in 1997 got 'only' 13.5 million (43.2%). Now, no other parties are in the Top 5:
- John Major 14,093,007 (1992) 41.9%
- Boris Johnson 13,966,451 (2019) 43.6%
- Margaret Thatcher 13,760,935 (1987) 42.2%
- Margaret Thatcher 13,697,923 (1979) 43.9%
- Theresa May 13,667,213 (2017) 42.4%
Anyhoo..."The crumbling of the ‘Red Wall’ is the big story of this election and some commentators are describing it as a “one off.” The conventional wisdom is that working class voters have “lent” their votes to the Conservatives and, barring an upset, will give them back next time round. It’s Brexit, supposedly that has been the game-changer—an excuse leapt on by Corbyn’s outriders in the media, who are loathe to blame Labour’s defeat on their man." So writes Toby Young* on Quillette.
Maybe, maybe not. Remember Maggie's extended-thank-God success partly due to 'Mondeo Man', or Blair's slimey manipulations (aided by a weak and simpering MSM) extending his ruinous-for-the-UK run? I fully expect BoJo to fudge Brexit but if he doesn't and this happens - "If the Withdrawal Agreement Bill is not ratified by 31 January 2020, we will leave the EU without a deal in place" - then the "one off" maybe a much longer run.
* He of course knows BoJo well.
Comment of the day (from WRMF on the Quilette link) has me in stitches:
“Labor could not have picked a worse candidate.”
US Democratic Party to UK Labour Party: “Hold My Beer”
viernes, 26 de julio de 2019
Orotund Oxfordian orator...
"He was a cross between Hugh Grant and a silverback gorilla." Absolutely. "Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson". Quite an amazingly good article from Toby Young on Quillette (where he is an associate editor).
"My uncle had described him as a 'genius' and as a boy he'd been regarded as something of a wunderkind. There was the occasion when he was holidaying with his family in Greece, aged 10, and asked a group of Classics professors if he could join their game of Scrabble. They indulged the precocious, blond-haired moppet, only to be beaten by him."
Wow, there's hope for me yet: Boris I challenge you to a game of Scrabble!
Anyhoo, it isn't a Boris love-in although it is - and the comments - well worth a read (all of it). The toadmeister ends with "The next three months, between now and October 31st, will reveal whether that was a historical premonition or a sophomoric illusion." Boris has so much baggage that despite BBC et al pulling all stops to have him NOT win, they must be licking their lips and opening the many boxes full of sleaze to begin a steady drip-drip of poison, at which they are world beaters.
Boris has certainly made a good start, the "Action this day" Churchillian speech plus a major cabinet overhaul (only 6/10 in my book) has really set the optimism meters going as if it were 24th June 2016 again. That said, deliver or die: Nigel will not walk away again and TBP still has my vote.
Orotund Oxfordian orator...
"He was a cross between Hugh Grant and a silverback gorilla." Absolutely. "Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson". Quite an amazingly good article from Toby Young on Quillette (where he is an associate editor).
"My uncle had described him as a 'genius' and as a boy he'd been regarded as something of a wunderkind. There was the occasion when he was holidaying with his family in Greece, aged 10, and asked a group of Classics professors if he could join their game of Scrabble. They indulged the precocious, blond-haired moppet, only to be beaten by him."Wow, there's hope for me yet: Boris I challenge you to a game of Scrabble!
Anyhoo, it isn't a Boris love-in although it is - and the comments - well worth a read (all of it). The toadmeister ends with "The next three months, between now and October 31st, will reveal whether that was a historical premonition or a sophomoric illusion." Boris has so much baggage that despite BBC et al pulling all stops to have him NOT win, they must be licking their lips and opening the many boxes full of sleaze to begin a steady drip-drip of poison, at which they are world beaters.
Boris has certainly made a good start, the "Action this day" Churchillian speech plus a major cabinet overhaul (only 6/10 in my book) has really set the optimism meters going as if it were 24th June 2016 again. That said, deliver or die: Nigel will not walk away again and TBP still has my vote.
miércoles, 24 de julio de 2019
One obvious option...
"To put it bluntly: you can replace the nozzle of your vacuum cleaner but it still sucks."
Excellent! Stealing that. David Scullion, Deputy Editor at BrexitCentral writes "Boris Johnson has two options to get a Brexit 'deal' – but one of them is a trap"... "One is to offer a basic Free Trade Agreement and accept the countless 'mini-deals' that the EU has already offered us which keep goods flowing and planes flying. The other is to go for an official ‘Withdrawal Agreement’ under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union."
It is that simple: lancing the boil that is the German scripted, civil servant traitor adapted, Treason Mayhem presented, Surrender Treaty is essential.
"A relentless 'can do' attitude and focus on the goal of making a success of independence, is how we will do this and deliver on people’s ambition."
...as Marcus Fysh said yesterday, on the same site.
One obvious option...
"To put it bluntly: you can replace the nozzle of your vacuum cleaner but it still sucks."Excellent! Stealing that. David Scullion, Deputy Editor at BrexitCentral writes "Boris Johnson has two options to get a Brexit 'deal' – but one of them is a trap"... "One is to offer a basic Free Trade Agreement and accept the countless 'mini-deals' that the EU has already offered us which keep goods flowing and planes flying. The other is to go for an official ‘Withdrawal Agreement’ under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union."
It is that simple: lancing the boil that is the German scripted, civil servant traitor adapted, Treason Mayhem presented, Surrender Treaty is essential.
"A relentless 'can do' attitude and focus on the goal of making a success of independence, is how we will do this and deliver on people’s ambition."...as Marcus Fysh said yesterday, on the same site.
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