tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post2757030929448173594..comments2023-10-30T09:11:12.922-07:00Comments on Clouded Outlook: A day in the life of Alistair DarlingAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-48825013293949949062009-06-20T04:02:29.891-07:002009-06-20T04:02:29.891-07:00Spot on analysis. I'm beginning to wonder if t...Spot on analysis. I'm beginning to wonder if there is a realistic possiblity of getting a legal challenge against the govt (effectively Gordo) for its actions to stand up in court. The blank refusal to face the fiscal facts borders on criminal negligence.sobersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-27918927772438256392009-06-20T04:14:37.918-07:002009-06-20T04:14:37.918-07:00I think the only thing preventing interest rates g...I think the only thing preventing interest rates going through the roof is that the market has already factored in a Tory victory and with it the prospect of some sort of fiscal discipline.<br><br>If there is even so much as a sniff that Labour is back in the running or that there might be a hung parliament then rates would be off to the races. <br><br>However as long as its Brown/Cameron though I think we all know whats going to happen - party manifestos will be of zero consequence.markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05669268286602330607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-37563535681109857662009-06-20T06:45:05.787-07:002009-06-20T06:45:05.787-07:00Surely this was all Brown's fault?. It's a...Surely this was all Brown's fault?. <br><br>It's a bit harsh to lay the blame at Darling's feet when he's only been in the job a short while. Gordo's economic mismanagement will take years to sort out!Matt, Oxfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-36413153995198590732009-06-20T06:59:39.688-07:002009-06-20T06:59:39.688-07:00Hi,We have just added your latest post "A day...Hi,<br><br>We have just added your latest post "A day in the life of Alistair Darling" to our <a href="http://www.debtconsolidatio-n.info" rel="nofollow"> Directory of Debt Consolidation </a> . You can check the inclusion of the post <a href="http://www.debtconsolidatio-n.info/story.php?title=a-day-in-the-life-of-alistair-darling" rel="nofollow"> here </a> . We are delighted to invite you to submit all your future posts to the <a href="http://www.debtconsolidatio-n.info" rel="nofollow"> directory </a> for getting a huge base of visitors to your website and gaining a valuable backlink to your site.<br><br><br>Warm Regards<br><br>Debtconsolidatio-n.infoTeam<br><br>http://www.debtconsolidatio-n.infosilviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17464427865207202928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-12374507012476895492009-06-20T10:01:36.142-07:002009-06-20T10:01:36.142-07:00Gordo thinks he needs to keep spending, and hence ...Gordo thinks he needs to keep spending, and hence keep borrowing, to save the Labour vote. We're going down big time to preserve his political needs. We all know that the worse PM of all time, and the worse government of all time will be kicked out at the next GE anyway, so it's money down the drain. If democracy really worked, we should be able to remove this bunch of losers NOW, before it's too late.Nphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498594877118267306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-72611850333590171762009-06-20T10:30:09.777-07:002009-06-20T10:30:09.777-07:00Tony Giveaway Barber is easily the worst post-war ...Tony Giveaway Barber is easily the worst post-war Chancellor conjouring up the sharpest housing inflation on record in the early 70's from a standing start of near flat house prices (thanks to the previous credit controls and farther back an effective tax on housing [Schedule A]).He brought into being banking collapses, union trouble and the full gamut of problems we now face.The economy has never got over his brief period in office.DBC Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-62547901195700574622009-06-20T10:36:03.126-07:002009-06-20T10:36:03.126-07:00I nominate Nigel Lawson, he was supposed to know w...I nominate Nigel Lawson, he was supposed to know what he was doing, unlike all of the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-78909159852546811812009-06-20T14:53:33.269-07:002009-06-20T14:53:33.269-07:00Excellent blogBut surely, the Dollar is global res...Excellent blog<br><br>But surely, the Dollar is global reserve currency and as such, all national governments outside the USA have been playing Greenspan's folly for 15 years?<br><br>If the US financial system had got its house in order after the DotCom crash, we might have avoided this scenario but NuFascist has played Wall Street's game all along.......with catastrophic consequences....as yet not even beginning to wreak the havoc that is surely due.<br><br>NuFascist has been a disaster for the UK but Bush, the Federal Reserve and Greenspan are the biggest villians of all. All nations have been held to ransom by dollar hegemony and even the best intentioned national governments would have struggled to avoid what is around the corner.<br><br>All roads lead to Washington, the the Fed as far as I'm concerned. If only Ron Paul had been in the Whitehouse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-17345475704283456282009-06-21T00:29:17.866-07:002009-06-21T00:29:17.866-07:00DBC Reed: "Tony Giveaway Barber is easily the...DBC Reed: "Tony Giveaway Barber is easily the worst post-war Chancellor conjouring up the sharpest housing inflation on record in the early 70's"<br><br>'Giveaway', Oh! you mean not taking as much as a Labour chancellor would have.<br><br><br>DBC REED: "He brought into being banking collapses, union trouble and the full gamut of problems we now face."<br><br>Never been a bank collapse before in recorded history according to Mr Reed.<br><br>Never been union formented industrial 'unrest' either. These inovations were all AB unique contribution.<br><br>DBC Reed: "The economy has never got over his brief period in office."<br><br>The economy has never got over the Welfare state. Which has got to the state of affairs that 20% of the workforce are paid to do nothing and Labour import labour (from the wreck of eastern Europe - where if I recall correctly, Anthony Barber had little influence, economic or political ) - to work at below subsistance labour rates in the UK.APLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-84884183838611927762009-06-21T00:36:47.532-07:002009-06-21T00:36:47.532-07:00AC: "[Darling] is certain to earn the title “...AC: "[Darling] is certain to earn the title “Britain’s worst Chancellor”."<br><br>Well, it is true, that would be unfair. Since it is his boss, Gordon Brown who has done the most damage.<br><br>But then Darling should have taken the office of Chancellor seriously, not as an opportunity to expand his expense account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-46998049423947444472009-06-21T01:38:56.058-07:002009-06-21T01:38:56.058-07:00Oh dear I seem to have upset APL.Heigh ho!As this ...Oh dear I seem to have upset APL.Heigh ho!<br>As this site is UK bubble I think it reasonable to mention AB ,the founding father/patron saint of bubble economics,who did not just keep taxes level but actually decreased some of them at the behest of Tory Mod Edward Heath (who got rid of the resale price maintenance and put small shops out of business)because Heath wanted to get the UK economy straight for EU entry.Barber was put in charge of EU negotiations and the economy,as a matter of fact.DBC Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-62364160074343344062009-06-21T02:33:57.577-07:002009-06-21T02:33:57.577-07:00DBC Reed: "Oh dear I seem to have upset APL.&...DBC Reed: "Oh dear I seem to have upset APL."<br><br>I am sure, we will both survive.<br><br>DBC Reed: "As this site is UK bubble I think it reasonable to mention AB .."<br><br>Of course it is reasonable to mention AB, it is misleading though, apart as well from being incorrect, to ascribe to him sole responsibility for banking collapses and union unrest. These things had happened before Barber.<br><br>DBC Reed: " .. Edward Heath .."<br><br>Was a rotten Prime minister.APLnoreply@blogger.com