Jackqui Smith Down

Wicked Uncle Nigel posted:

A sentiment with which I whole-heartedly agree. I feel that an
inculcated party system is entirely incompatible with good governance,
and only leads to needlessly adversarial and short-term politics.

 

TFFT

 

An MP doesn't have to do all that on £60k, though, as you well know.

It's (in the case of Newcastle's MP, Jim Cousins) £60k plus £144,066
in expenses.

Quite a difference.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie

Don't really see the "I've changed my mind" bit in there, TBH. Unless
you mean the:

However in the same interview on the Jonathan Dimbleby programme, Short
backtracked on her claim about British agents bugging Annan. She
admitted that the transcripts she saw of Annan's private conversations
might have related to Africa and not to Iraq. Asked whether she could
confirm that the transcripts related to Iraq, she said: "I can't, but
there might well have been ... I cannot remember a specific transcript
in relation, it doesn't mean it wasn't there." Short also admitted that
her original claim, on the Today programme, that Britain had
eavesdropped on Annan may have been inaccurate. Asked whether the
material could have passed to the British by the Americans, she said:
"It could. But it normally indicates that. But I can't remember that."[

bit, in which case all I see is someone who's over-egged the pudding
suddenly being shit-scared of getting sued for defamation.

Not quite the same thing.

Really?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

No. You are looking at the wrong paragraph.

I mean that she supported the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, adopting the
cabinet collective view.

Later, she resigned as she felt that she had been duped by TB & JS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/12/labour.voluntarysector

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie

Hmm...

OK, fair play. I still don't want her babies, but she has the courage of
her convictions.

Exception, rule, etc.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

That's the average over the winter, summer use is quite a bit less.

We're on rateable value, not a meter. 380 quid a year. Switching to
a meter will likely cost us more now we have the sprog so I'm not in a
hurry to.

 

All utterly shit indeed and Brown's apparent mastery of No11 has been
completely debunked. Utterly incompetent. Emperor <> clothes interface.

Miliband makes me shudder. That they all make Mandleson look like an
intellectual giant makes me shudder.

 

I don't do stress mate. As I replied to Champ I was sitting in my summer
house in the sunshine with a glass of Widow and some nibbles watching it all
go by. I'm an pragmatist, I observe but where I can have no influence I let
it wash over me. Thank **** that like you I'm slightly insulated from the
effects of it all.

 

I saw her in York station with her secretary after she resigned. She has
utterly stonking Norks! You would be dribbling like one of Petrolcan's
Window Lickers.

 

Not unless you use a lot more water than we do, we pay 29 a month I
think and we're in credit.

 

Ah, but you then get left with a population who are merely good at IQ
tests. Perhaps there should be an upper limit too.

 

Listening to Any Questions today, I note that, in Polly Toynbee's world.
"climate deniers" are grouped with racists, homophobes and anti-semites.

I feel slightly soiled.

 

Holy shit, it'd be like living on Planet Mensa.
Nightmare scenario, iwt.

 

If they wanted to fit a meter inside the house, then they'd have to do
substantial damage to the kitchen units which would cost more than the
savings to repair.

And they couldn't fit one in the stopcock in the road as there isn't
room.

And at the moment, the kiddie isn't affecting our water use too much
as we're not washing any more than normal. I'm sure this will
increase.

 

Hmm I think I must have a leak somewhere mine's more like £40

 

Yeah **** that

They take very little room and they actually dig up the existing
stopcock and have to re-tarmac the surround[1], so I don't think you
have to worry about having one fitted in the kitchen.

Well no, but with just two of us we were paying even less, so I don't
see what's stopping you having one fitted, it's a no brainer for every
house we've moved into. The house we're moving to already has one in
place, but even if it didn't I'd be having one put in.


[1] At least they have for every one I've had fitted.

 

I said above 100, that is "normal human" territory. You are thinking of 130
plus people, I don't know what %age of the population we are.

I don't know if it is unusual but my school in Aberdeen IQ tested kids at P3
for its P4 entry year?

 

I'm not a climate denier, I'm quite sure that the 75% of fossil fuel burning
used for electricity generation the world over is a Bad Idea.
However the quality of the "science" used to justify the jobs and hysteria
and legislative change is just shit. If we developed drugs, or delivered
radiotherapy or built nuclear power plants or sent rockets into orbit on
science of that quality the world would be a disaster area.

But if we are to err on the side of caution, not a bad idea per se, all it
requires is the closure of all conventional coal/oil burninng power stations
within 20 years. Job done. Replaced with flue gas extraction plants,
nuclear, tidal and wind/wave. There is NO need at all to restrict access to
vehicles or to green tax domestic use fuels.