Comments on: Will Boris ever get a grip on City Hall? http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3380 Letters From A Tory Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:51 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3380 Ha, I know you're not a big fan of Bob! Boris seems to be making the point that it's not all doom and gloom, which seems fair enough, but criticising the language that the leader of your own party has been using was clearly not the best way to make this point. The GLA is a curious entity that doesn't really have much power, so Boris can use it as he chooses.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3380','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3380','Letters From A Tory','Ha, I know you\'re not a big fan of Bob! Boris seems to be making the point that it\'s not all doom and gloom, which seems fair enough, but criticising the language that the leader of your own party has been using was clearly not the best way to make this point.\n\nThe GLA is a curious entity that doesn\'t really have much power, so Boris can use it as he chooses.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Ha, I know you’re not a big fan of Bob! Boris seems to be making the point that it’s not all doom and gloom, which seems fair enough, but criticising the language that the leader of your own party has been using was clearly not the best way to make this point.

The GLA is a curious entity that doesn’t really have much power, so Boris can use it as he chooses.

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]]> By: newmania http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3379 newmania Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:13:49 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3379 Boris meant the generic politician not David Cameron and he is pretty clear which bits of society he thinks are working by the reference to the no. of public school pupils wining medals . Bob Piper said the same thing which shows its a crock. As far as the GLA is concerned its a grimy business if anyone is going to get into a stew when there are thrill and spills then they had better look away.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3379','newmania'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3379','newmania','Boris meant the generic politician not David Cameron and he is pretty clear which bits of society he thinks are working by the reference to the no. of public school pupils wining medals .\nBob Piper said the same thing which shows its a crock.\nAs far as the GLA is concerned its a grimy business if anyone is going to get into a stew when there are thrill and spills then they had better look away.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Boris meant the generic politician not David Cameron and he is pretty clear which bits of society he thinks are working by the reference to the no. of public school pupils wining medals .
Bob Piper said the same thing which shows its a crock.
As far as the GLA is concerned its a grimy business if anyone is going to get into a stew when there are thrill and spills then they had better look away.
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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3378 Letters From A Tory Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:57:03 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3378 Sorry, this one is from the Daily Mail but there were other examples, honest! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046615/Is-coincidence-Olympic-champions-privately-educated.html<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3378','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3378','Letters From A Tory','Sorry, this one is from the Daily Mail but there were other examples, honest!\n\nhttp:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1046615\/Is-coincidence-Olympic-champions-privately-educated.html'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Sorry, this one is from the Daily Mail but there were other examples, honest!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046615/Is-coincidence-Olympic-champions-privately-educated.html

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]]> By: The Morning After http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3377 The Morning After Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:37:40 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3377 [...] From A Tory thinks Antony Browne is the man to turn to.  Nurse!  The screens! A lot of work needs to be done, [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3377','The Morning After'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3377','The Morning After','[...] From A Tory thinks Antony Browne is the man to turn to.  Nurse!  The screens! A lot of work needs to be done, [...]'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> [...] From A Tory thinks Antony Browne is the man to turn to.  Nurse!  The screens! A lot of work needs to be done, [...]
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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3376 JuliaM Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:07:54 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3376 <i>"pointed out that around 50% of our medallists have a high-level education"</i> Ooh, hadn't seen that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3376','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3376','JuliaM','<i>\"pointed out that around 50% of our medallists have a high-level education\"<\/i>\n\nOoh, hadn\'t seen that.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> “pointed out that around 50% of our medallists have a high-level education”

Ooh, hadn’t seen that.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3375 Letters From A Tory Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:29:28 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3375 I agree with Julia that a few medals makes absolutely no difference to the fabric of our society. In fact, over the past few days the broadsheets have rightly pointed out that around 50% of our medallists have a high-level education, making it perfectly clear that the link between our 'broken society' and the Olympics is tenuous to say the least.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3375','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3375','Letters From A Tory','I agree with Julia that a few medals makes absolutely no difference to the fabric of our society.\n\nIn fact, over the past few days the broadsheets have rightly pointed out that around 50% of our medallists have a high-level education, making it perfectly clear that the link between our \'broken society\' and the Olympics is tenuous to say the least.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I agree with Julia that a few medals makes absolutely no difference to the fabric of our society.

In fact, over the past few days the broadsheets have rightly pointed out that around 50% of our medallists have a high-level education, making it perfectly clear that the link between our ‘broken society’ and the Olympics is tenuous to say the least.

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3374 JuliaM Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:51:33 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3374 <i>"I was still cheering when I saw someone finally confronting the things were better in my day crowd..."</i> I'd be a little more inclined to agree if we were achieving more than just a few medals in sport. When we no longer have police <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=273220&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=" rel="nofollow">falsely arresting</a> people for pointing out their own crimes, or jobsworths <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7571093.stm" rel="nofollow">harassing rescuers</a> for not completing the paperwork, then the 'things were better in my day' crowd will be truly obsolete.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3374','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3374','JuliaM','<i>\"I was still cheering when I saw someone finally confronting the things were better in my day crowd...\"<\/i>\n\nI\'d be a little more inclined to agree if we were achieving more than just a few medals in sport.\n\nWhen we no longer have police <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.co.uk\/news\/article.html?in_article_id=273220&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=\" rel=\"nofollow\">falsely arresting<\/a> people for pointing out their own crimes, or jobsworths <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/devon\/7571093.stm\" rel=\"nofollow\">harassing rescuers<\/a> for not completing the paperwork, then the \'things were better in my day\' crowd will be truly obsolete.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> “I was still cheering when I saw someone finally confronting the things were better in my day crowd…”

I’d be a little more inclined to agree if we were achieving more than just a few medals in sport.

When we no longer have police falsely arresting people for pointing out their own crimes, or jobsworths harassing rescuers for not completing the paperwork, then the ‘things were better in my day’ crowd will be truly obsolete.

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]]> By: asquith http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/08/20/will-boris-ever-get-a-grip-on-city-hall/#comment-3373 asquith Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:40:00 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1010#comment-3373 I welcomed BoJo's observations as a corrective to the Daily Mail brigade. Admittedly you are not a member of that tendency, and nor is Cameron, but I was still cheering when I saw someone finally confronting the things were better in my day crowd. If I were Cameron I too would be relaxed, and would say that this shows what we are capable of, but we can do more, especially in raising the aspirations of those from poor backgrounds. Boris is not being complacent, he is just saying that the country hasn't gone to the dogs and can be improved, which is also Cameron's view.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3373','asquith'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3373','asquith','I welcomed BoJo\'s observations as a corrective to the Daily Mail brigade. Admittedly you are not a member of that tendency, and nor is Cameron, but I was still cheering when I saw someone finally confronting the things were better in my day crowd.\n\nIf I were Cameron I too would be relaxed, and would say that this shows what we are capable of, but we can do more, especially in raising the aspirations of those from poor backgrounds. Boris is not being complacent, he is just saying that the country hasn\'t gone to the dogs and can be improved, which is also Cameron\'s view.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I welcomed BoJo’s observations as a corrective to the Daily Mail brigade. Admittedly you are not a member of that tendency, and nor is Cameron, but I was still cheering when I saw someone finally confronting the things were better in my day crowd.

If I were Cameron I too would be relaxed, and would say that this shows what we are capable of, but we can do more, especially in raising the aspirations of those from poor backgrounds. Boris is not being complacent, he is just saying that the country hasn’t gone to the dogs and can be improved, which is also Cameron’s view.

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