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Funk said:
turbobloke said:
0000 said:
walm said:
George Osborne is to Cameron as Brown was to Blair.
Except without the screwing everything up bit.
It's funnier because it's true.
Are folks writing off a BJ special and anointing TBG as an automatic shoo-in for CMD's lime green tie?
Edited by turbobloke on Thursday 8th October 09:08
However, could I see him as PM? Not really. Agree on the comments about Ruth Davidson, she was impressive in the run up to the indy ref.
BJ is a surprisingly sharp operator beneath the façade of buffoonery and he seems to manage to strike the balance between being able to appear to say what most people are thinking whilst still managing to toe the party line. Not sure I can see him as PM though; would he be taken seriously abroad and in negotiations?
He could be the most entertaining PM for some time and still cut the deals.
Sway said:
anonymous said:
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Yet he managed to gain re-election as mayor of a decidedly left leaning city...His record has been bloody brilliant. Not perfect, bit he does deliver for London - and the majority of Londoners recognise that.
Boris's critics are forced to resort to gritted teeth criticism (if it can be so labelled) such as "lots of small achievements".
If only any Labour leader over the last 50 years could claim anything close to that as opposed to lots of large failures.
Andy Zarse said:
I suppose it isn't, provided you discount the fact London has become the greatest and most prosperous major city in the world under Boris's tenure. Other than that, I'd agree he's been completely rubbish.
help by the fall of despot after despot around the world, and there elite stashing cash in london propertyiphonedyou said:
On the Routemasters, in what way have you evaluated the more 'intangible' elements; production in NI so regional procurement benefit, PR / tourism, et al?
For goodness sake! The man's a socialist, you can't expect him to have any understanding of such values. These people have no imagination or foresight.Still, there was no London white elephant bigger than Labour's wonderful socialist-inspired Dome... perhaps he could tell us how much was wasted on it, and explain how it was turned into a huge success by the private sector.
JC does appear to have rattled the tories though.
CMD's quite personal attacks on the man at yesterdays conference speaks volumes, when if he really wasn't a threat they would have ignored him.
Say what you want about JC but he does at least give a straight and honest answer even if it isn't the one you want to hear.
CMD's quite personal attacks on the man at yesterdays conference speaks volumes, when if he really wasn't a threat they would have ignored him.
Say what you want about JC but he does at least give a straight and honest answer even if it isn't the one you want to hear.
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And the rest of it?You’ve dismissed intangibles because they’re ‘intangibles’. Only intangibles are very definitely scored, weighted and will contribute to any decision made. You’ve dismissed the choice of the Routemaster as a childish throwback to another era – have you seen the scoring? Understood the weightings, procurement timeframes, credence given to the regional impact forming one of their 7 key procurement goals, emissions criteria, the life cycle cost et al?
You’ve dismissed the Emirates Air Line on the basis of capital cost – and, fair enough, admitted you were wrong on that. On the operating loss, if indeed it’s a loss, how much of that is subsidised by the capital grant? How much of any loss is offset or eliminated by TfL investment returns, or contra charging from a stream in temporary surplus at any time? What positive impact the linking of two under-developed sites, with regards infrastructure, and the potential for housing and jobs creation as a result?
It’s either breathtakingly arrogant or ignorant to dismiss either of these at a sweep.
Or, perhaps, everything really is ‘as cheap as we can get away with, ‘guv.’
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