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Hopefully Ed Balls is screwed - Diamond vs Select cttee

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  • Mr._Pricklepants
    Mr._Pricklepants Posts: 1,311 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    Oh I disagree, Ed Balls is a despicable character with no scruples or shame whatsoever.

    How utterly rich of him to talk about playing party politics when he is THE worst offender.

    Listen.
    This thread is about Bob Diamond's appearance before the select committee. Not a single time, Mr. Balls was mentioned.
    So could you please keep your party political broadcasts for yourself or the Discussion Time forum.
    Thanks.
  • RuthnJasper
    RuthnJasper Posts: 4,033 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    To quote Private Eye magazine:-

    "Great stuff guys!
    Bogbrush"
  • bankhater_1965
    bankhater_1965 Posts: 714 Forumite
    Wheezy wrote: »
    Oh.
    I think it's time for a silly photo of George now.

    osb2.jpg

    is this clown really in charge of our finances !!
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    Oh I disagree, Ed Balls is a despicable character with no scruples or shame whatsoever.

    How utterly rich of him to talk about playing party politics when he is THE worst offender.

    Osborne seems quite poor at it I agree.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • thor
    thor Posts: 5,506 Forumite
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    Well Wookster and Graham must be massively disappointed! They were drooling for Ball's blood but ended up seeing their hero Gideon putting his foot in his mouth yet again. Even Cameron had the sense to back off supporting what that idiot of a chancellor came out with. No wonder the recovery has been well and truly killed off! Oh and Osbourne's voice sounds like Mr Bean too.
  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    According to the Mail on Sunday, the "Whitehall" person that Paul Tucker referred to (and who it is agreed did not try to fiddle Libor) was Sir Jeremy Heywood. He is now Cabinet Secretary.

    Whoops - another powerful person Georgie may have annoyed.
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Listening to the early stages:-

    Tiery suggests Mr Tucker is being economic with truth - no surprise there then

    In fact Tucker sounds as evasive as Diamond.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    To all those having a go at George, yes he is a bit naff but he speaks more economic sense than Ed Balls.
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    To all those having a go at George, yes he is a bit naff but he speaks more economic sense than Ed Balls.

    That's not exactly much of a recommendation now, is it? Next door's cat speaks more economic sense than Ed Balls.:)
  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    To all those having a go at George, yes he is a bit naff but he speaks more economic sense than Ed Balls.

    Osborne's record speaks for itself. Deficit reduction behind schedule, double-dip recession and nearly 3 million unemployed. I could go on.

    Perhaps you should learn some economics yourself before judging the merit of what Osborne is saying.

    Because bluntly you have been proven wrong over the last couple of years.
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
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