Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:18 pm  

The complete confusion over who is dealing with the whole Hunt issue gives more credence to the view that the country has been handed over to sixth formers. Leveson is being used as a smokescreen to avoid them having to investigate. It's a clear ministerial issue that overrides Leveson and they know it. I suspect as Dally says, they don't want to look at Hunt too closely in case the whole background is revealed.

Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:00 pm  

I wonder if an FoI request could reveal just how substantial the bung was that Adam Smith received to take the flak?

It's also worth noting that it took Hunt over 24 hours to agree to release e-mails & texts between he and Smith, plenty of time for some textual cleansing

Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:44 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Murdoch is not alone in culpability, but he bears a large degree of responsibility for the dumbing down of public discourse in this country.

Aren't you in the media game too old girl?

Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:57 pm  

Cameron now putting daylight between himself & Hunt I recollect he went through all this bollox over Liam Fox, it's just another example of a poor picker of men seeking to justify his original decision. The bloke (Cameron) is sheer bloody incompetence and sheer bloody mindedness personified.

Cameron now putting daylight between himself & Hunt I recollect he went through all this bollox over Liam Fox, it's just another example of a poor picker of men seeking to justify his original decision. The bloke (Cameron) is sheer bloody incompetence and sheer bloody mindedness personified.

Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:01 pm  

And the rich are getting ever richer

And the rich are getting ever richer

Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:54 pm  

Thank god they got a tax cut.

We're all in this together.

Re: It's a Double dip : Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:42 pm  

cod'ead wrote: And the rich are getting ever richer Glad to know the 94 quid a week I'm giving up is going to worthy people via the tax system I feel better knowing we're all in this together and IDS isn't running away and will look after those of us in difficulty.

cod'ead wrote: And the rich are getting ever richer Glad to know the 94 quid a week I'm giving up is going to worthy people via the tax system I feel better knowing we're all in this together and IDS isn't running away and will look after those of us in difficulty.

Re: It's a Double dip : Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:49 pm  

Hull White Star wrote: Glad to know the 94 quid a week I'm giving up is going to worthy people via the tax system I feel better knowing we're all in this together and IDS isn't running away and will look after those of us in difficulty. He isn't running and Chris Grayling isn't running with him. In fact they're not running they're fooking sprinting. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... y-disabled ....and to think there were some people who didn't believe me when I told them this was happening, some of them my own family, saying they can't take your benefit away, what will you live on, they have to give you something. Well it is really happening......starting tomorrow. Just how much lower can this government go?

Hull White Star wrote: Glad to know the 94 quid a week I'm giving up is going to worthy people via the tax system I feel better knowing we're all in this together and IDS isn't running away and will look after those of us in difficulty. He isn't running and Chris Grayling isn't running with him. In fact they're not running they're fooking sprinting. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... y-disabled ....and to think there were some people who didn't believe me when I told them this was happening, some of them my own family, saying they can't take your benefit away, what will you live on, they have to give you something. Well it is really happening......starting tomorrow. Just how much lower can this government go?

Re: It's a Double dip : Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:37 pm  

From Steph's link, this speaks volumes:

When I wake up tomorrow morning I shall still be unwell, I shall still be unemployed, and I shall still be struggling with the myriad problems that chronic ill health brings.

Tomorrow I will simply become a small piece of collateral damage in the government's drive to reform welfare spending.

No doubt one of the resident mini neo-liberals will be along soon to tell us the author is not in "the real world"

Re: It's a Double dip : Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:20 pm  

cod'ead wrote: Cameron now putting daylight between himself & Hunt I recollect he went through all this bollox over Liam Fox, it's just another example of a poor picker of men seeking to justify his original decision. The bloke (Cameron) is sheer bloody incompetence and sheer bloody mindedness personified. You have to wonder whether he dare let Hunt resign. At the moment Hunt is taking the flak for the Tories' previous pro Murdoch stance. Cameron hob-nobbing with Rupert and James, horse riding with Rebeckah, discussing informally the bid for total ownership of BskyB, among themselves. Presumably Hunt was just reflecting the zeigeist of the regime. How was he (or the rest for that matter) to know that 6 months down the line Murdoch's chickens would come home to roost with a vengence. Whilst in opposition and in the early days of his government, Murdoch was saying jump and Cameron & co were saying "how high?" The sooner Murdoch is eliminated from a position of power and influence on our politics the better. The last lot kow-towed to him and for all we know took us into Iraq on his say so. "I've never asked for favours from any government" he didn't need to ask!!

cod'ead wrote: Cameron now putting daylight between himself & Hunt I recollect he went through all this bollox over Liam Fox, it's just another example of a poor picker of men seeking to justify his original decision. The bloke (Cameron) is sheer bloody incompetence and sheer bloody mindedness personified. You have to wonder whether he dare let Hunt resign. At the moment Hunt is taking the flak for the Tories' previous pro Murdoch stance. Cameron hob-nobbing with Rupert and James, horse riding with Rebeckah, discussing informally the bid for total ownership of BskyB, among themselves. Presumably Hunt was just reflecting the zeigeist of the regime. How was he (or the rest for that matter) to know that 6 months down the line Murdoch's chickens would come home to roost with a vengence. Whilst in opposition and in the early days of his government, Murdoch was saying jump and Cameron & co were saying "how high?" The sooner Murdoch is eliminated from a position of power and influence on our politics the better. The last lot kow-towed to him and for all we know took us into Iraq on his say so. "I've never asked for favours from any government" he didn't need to ask!!