"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else"; that quote Winston Churchill sums me up really although I do become bitter and twisted fairly regularly these days; a case in point was the adulation shown because some half-rate New Labour has-been decide to go away...WTF? Anyway, the point of the post is the following: "For first time since Osbo’s March 2012 budget more people say they want a CON majority than a LAB one", admittedly only 29% to 28% (and 41% to 35% still want LAB in next government!) but at least it's a start and they need to start saying more about what they have achieved...I thought THIS was very New Labour! The only thing everyone seems to agree on: the LibDems as a coalition partner for anyone is not an popular option!"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else"; that quote Winston Churchill sums me up really although I do become bitter and twisted fairly regularly these days; a case in point was the adulation shown because some half-rate New Labour has-been decide to go away...WTF? Anyway, the point of the post is the following: "For first time since Osbo’s March 2012 budget more people say they want a CON majority than a LAB one", admittedly only 29% to 28% (and 41% to 35% still want LAB in next government!) but at least it's a start and they need to start saying more about what they have achieved...I thought THIS was very New Labour! The only thing everyone seems to agree on: the LibDems as a coalition partner for anyone is not an popular option!
"But what Mr Hilton needs to remember is that either car [great/good government machine] will get you to your destination, so long as the driver knows where he is going."
"But what Mr Hilton needs to remember is that either car [great/good government machine] will get you to your destination, so long as the driver knows where he is going."Ouch!
"Our ministers should take comfort, not sorrow, from the fact that our newspapers strut and our Opposition frets over Cornish pasties and static caravans. News bulletins led by reports from a circus of lawyers and celebrities spitting blood and splitting hairs at an inquiry into — what was it, again? . . . these are headlines for which the leaders of the eurozone nations would give their eye teeth."
"Our ministers should take comfort, not sorrow, from the fact that our newspapers strut and our Opposition frets over Cornish pasties and static caravans. News bulletins led by reports from a circus of lawyers and celebrities spitting blood and splitting hairs at an inquiry into — what was it, again? . . . these are headlines for which the leaders of the eurozone nations would give their eye teeth."
"Above all, Mr Cameron’s government has still got most of the big things right. Both for the country’s sake and for his own, the prime minister needs to refocus his government on the clear, bold message that he began with."
"Above all, Mr Cameron’s government has still got most of the big things right. Both for the country’s sake and for his own, the prime minister needs to refocus his government on the clear, bold message that he began with."Worth noting the headline that The Economist uses: "Crisis? What crisis?"; back in 1979 those same words became James Callaghan's epitaph in The Sun (image) after the 'Winter of Discontent'. But do you remember the situation after two years of Margaret Thatcher? Strikes continued, spending 'cuts', mass unemployment, fierce recession, riots, talks of a party split (sound familiar?)...
