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Osborne Loses It - Our Triple A Rating And Its Future

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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Wookster wrote: »
    Blair didn't invest. He threw money.


    To be fair to Blair. He had no control over Brown and his cronies.

    Blair was unhappy as far back as 2005 with Browns public expenditure plans. ( Publically said on Andrew Marr show in 2010).
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    Blair didn't invest. He threw money.

    I would bet every government department could lost 15-20% of its budget and perform better if they were managed appropriately.


    I don't disagree with your improvement suggestion.

    Do we ever know if anything has been improved, made mor eeficient, more cost effective?

    I wonder how the welfare changes under Universal Benefit, or the NHS reshuffle will actually be measured? (Could be applied to any change made by any goverment.)

    I wonder how we will ever really know if they have been a success? Whether expected benefits have been fully realised or will tehy simply be morphed into the next incarnation?

    I wonder if will will be able to identify all cost/processes/outcomes that are put into the blender with those that spew out the other end?

    What unadulterated constants can be monitored?
    "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
  • toby3000
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    robmatic wrote: »
    Blair was educated at Fettes - the working class rhetoric was a stretch at the best of times.

    When did Tony Blair ever claim to be working class? He was hardly a socialist.
  • chucky
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Blair did untold damage to this country. He is undoubtedly the worst post-war PM - for all that Heath gave him a good run for his money.
    You're probably right about Blair. Cameron and Osbourne will probably come into the same category now seeing that they had all the answers but unfortunately it was for different questions.
  • BobQ
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Blair did untold damage to this country. He is undoubtedly the worst post-war PM - for all that Heath gave him a good run for his money.

    ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    In a sensibly run country, Blair would be on trial. I sincerely hope that day is still to come. It will be a long and terrible charge sheet.

    Your hatred is clearly deep seated!:)
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
  • BobQ
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    chucky wrote: »
    You're probably right about Blair. Cameron and Osbourne will probably come into the same category now seeing that they had all the answers but unfortunately it was for different questions.

    Wait till they get to grips with the NHS.......
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
  • Thrugelmir
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    BobQ wrote: »
    Wait till they get to grips with the NHS.......

    If Lewisham is anything to go by. Self imploding.
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