Alastair Darling - memoirs
Discussion
Caulkhead said:
Bing o said:
chunkol said:
blood sucking tapirs. Labour MPs.
Fixed that for you.I think Darling was OK, and we might have been in a different place had he been in number 11 after 1997 (could we be any worse)?
Gaz. said:
I've not read them, only snippets highlighted on the web so I'm at risk of taking things out of context here but if he's so wise & decisive now and sticking the boot into to Winky, why did he keep his gob shut and go along with winky when it actually mattered?
Like you, I've only read snippets, but one which sort of answers your question was in essence "a misplaced sense of loyalty as they go back a long way". FFS.
Bing o said:
chunkol said:
blood sucking tapirs. Labour MPs.
Fixed that for you.I think Darling was OK, and we might have been in a different place had he been in number 11 after 1997 (could we be any worse)?
I had the misfortune of Badger Face as a councillor in Edinburgh, where he seriously f
ked up the city before moving onto fking up the whole bloody country, including bloody England.Edited by chunkol on Thursday 8th September 01:40
chunkol said:
I'm sorry, but that is definately not fixed for me...
I had the misfortune of Badger Face as a councillor in Edinburgh, where he seriously fked up the city before moving onto fking up the whole bloody country, including bloody England.
Saw him on Andrew Marr at the weekend and it gave a chance for him to say, in his own words, what he meant in the diary/memoirs. It was also interesting to see him squirm when asked was the Cabinet of teh time, by his own admission, fit for purpose? (Excuse that awful term)I had the misfortune of Badger Face as a councillor in Edinburgh, where he seriously f
ked up the city before moving onto fking up the whole bloody country, including bloody England.Edited by chunkol on Thursday 8th September 01:40
He came across really well and to help answer the old 'why didnt he speak up earlier' etc, he did apparently. Winky tried to move him for speaking out and he flatly refused and stood up for himself. He had the choice of making a total scene and resigning (and Winky winning) or standing to his beliefs, speaking them (as far as possible) and refusing to be replaced as Chancellor.
I think he has some credibility out of that whole mess but I dont prfess to be any sort of expert on the whole career.
Lastly, they are all idiots and totally self serving but then that seems to be modern Politics. I asked Mrs S recently when did Politics become a 'career' and not just something that people did to give something back etc etc - if it ever was?
Slaav said:
I think he has some credibility out of that whole mess but I dont prfess to be any sort of expert on the whole career.
He has no credibility whatsoever. He shouldn't have accepted the job in the first place. He was and is underqualified for the position. What the fk qualifies a small town lawyer to run the finances of a country, especially a country on the brink of an economic meltdown (as Brown blatantly knew it was).He is just as bad as the rest of them. If he felt that strongly about the situation he should have walked and exposed Winky for the treasonous shyster that he is.
I can't stand most politicians but I know what he said about the King and The BoE getting Northern Rock wrong is absolutely bang on...they thought the liquidity crisis we were seeing at the time was a US problem and nothing to concern them. The rest is history.....
Of course he may have got Northen Rock wrong too....but the BoE definitely did.
Of course he may have got Northen Rock wrong too....but the BoE definitely did.
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