David Cameron yesterday started blaming the current deficit problems on the last Labour Government. Benedict Brogan on his Telegraph Blog quotes Cameron “I think people understand by now that the debt crisis is the legacy of the last government. But exactly the same applies to the action we will need to take to deal with it. [...]
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Cameron gets the message on the Legacy of Labour
Posted by manicbeancounter on June 8, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/06/08/cameron-gets-the-message-on-the-legacy-of-labour/
Please Pray for Gordon Brown
After the events of last week (see here, here and here), I feel quite sorry for there appears to be a divergence between the public and private face of Gordon Brown. Christians attempt to reconcile these differences in their own lives through prayer, studying the bible, public worship and seeking God’s unconditional forgiveness for when they have [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 3, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/05/03/please-pray-for-gordon-brown/
Cutting the Deficit – The PR aspect for the Tories.
There is growing recognition that the job of cutting the deficit will destroy the electoral prospects of those carrying out the task for a generation. Capitalists at work, have (very much tongue in cheek) suggested that a war might be needed to save the next government, much as the Falklands boosted the Tories and helped [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 2, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/05/02/cutting-the-deficit-the-pr-aspect-for-the-tories/
Conservative bloody battle imagery is self-defeating
Centre-Right’s ”Labour is down, and its throat is exposed. Finish it.” imagery is quite wrong – it will just drive people away from politics altogether, Much like Foot’s “Thatcher-Tebbitism speech”. In the final days it is worth emphasising the negatives of the Labour Party and after the election bringing people into a positive image of the [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 1, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/05/01/conservative-bloody-battle-imagery-is-self-defeating/
The Two Faces of Labour
The gaffe and very humble apology later by Gordon Brown may have a significant impact on the General Election. But, as I wrote on John Redwood’s blog, there is a deeper public v private face to the Labour campaign. In recent years our politics has become too like those of the countries that have defaulted in [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 28, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/28/the-two-faces-of-labour/
Why Labour has not the Courage to cut Public Expenditure
18 months ago, I voted on the Congestion Charge. I went into the ballot box having been promised ‘There’s no Plan B. If we vote NO in December the money goes back to Government, all £3 billion of it.’ See wevoteyes facts 09 Nov 08 I was one of the 812,815 who voted against, [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 27, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/27/why-labour-has-not-the-courage-to-cut-public-expenditure/
Risk, Volcanic Ash, Regulation and the Leaders debate 2
John Redwood today makes some brilliant observations on “Bash the banks and Praise the Regulators”. His comparison with the ash cloud and the banking regulation is particularly apt. But it is not just the cost of inappropriate regulation that there is a similarity. The leaders’ debate of tonight showed crystallised the issue for me. It [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 22, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/22/risk-volcanic-ash-regulation-and-the-leaders-debate-2/
Iceland’s Volcanic Eruption in Perspective
A couple of days ago I wrote on John Redwood’s blog “Nowadays we appear to be too risk averse. The two examples of aircraft suffering from engine failure as a result of flying through an volcanic ash clouds were both (most probably) within a few miles of the volcano. The current volcanic particles could be bigger, but the density [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 21, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/21/491/
Labour “Has Got Us Lost” Party Political Broadcast
Iain Dale’s first impressions of Labour’s new Party Political Broadcast “The Road Ahead” I have an alternative impression. This is a solitary guy who seems to have gone for a walk on unfamiliar bleak moors without a map, or compass, or drink, or food and no idea of where he is going. He was not [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 11, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/11/labour-has-got-us-lost-party-political-broadcast/
The Golden Rule has lead to Economic Ruin
The current financial debt crisis can be laid at the door of the Golden Rule and its interpretations. It states “The Golden Rule states that over the economic cycle, the Government will borrow only to invest and not to fund current spending. Therefore, over the economic cycle the current budget (ie, net of investment) must balance [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on March 24, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/03/24/the-golden-rule-has-lead-to-economic-ruin/
