LiveAndLetBuy Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 No leading politician anywhere in the world has voted against QE. I'm not sure Frau Merkel would agree with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
“Nasty Piece of work” Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 "Him and Ruth Lea are enough to make me switch to another station. Sick of the BBC's limited rota of commentators that we've had for the last decade. If it's not them it's Will Hutton. Wish we could fire the lot and have a new list." You will notice that when the BBC discuss a subject that you know well, it is very, very evident how poor the knowledge is. Even more so when they wheel on some talking head / expert that obviously knows nothing. The girl / balloon test card would add much more to a debate than the usual half wit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RufflesTheGuineaPig Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 To be fair to him I'd say that Gormless Brown was responsible for the train crash; Darling may have been Chancellor when the crash happened but Brown had been in charge for the previous 10 years (and was still driving from the back seat).It's a bit like being handed the controls just as the train goes through the final red light at 100 MPH. Also Broon wanted to sack him and appoint Ed Bo11ocks as Chancellor but couldn't; for that alone we should be grateful. You give Brown too much credit. Blair was in charge, Brown was just a patsy. Blair left at just the right time so that he got to walk away grinning while everyone blamed Brown. Now half the people on earth still think Blair is the british prime minister as he tours the world on "diplomatic missions" for an unknown entity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) You give Brown too much credit. Blair was in charge, Brown was just a patsy. Blair left at just the right time so that he got to walk away grinning while everyone blamed Brown. Now half the people on earth still think Blair is the british prime minister as he tours the world on "diplomatic missions" for an unknown entity. Oh, come on now... Edited February 22, 2012 by cheeznbreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 You give Brown too much credit. Blair was in charge, Brown was just a patsy. Blair left at just the right time so that he got to walk away grinning while everyone blamed Brown. Now half the people on earth still think Blair is the british prime minister as he tours the world on "diplomatic missions" for an unknown entity. Brown ran the economy and the Treasury, often kept Blair out of the picture, blocking him, Blair was frustrated by him but was too weak or cowardly to get rid of him - of course for most of his Chancellorship Brown was fêted as some sort of economic genius which we now know was emperor's new clothes. The rifts and feuds aren't exactly secret. Blair liked to do his 'look I'm an ordinary guy' and global statesman thing; Brown was an unmitigated disaster. Sadly, they and many others bought into the myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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