Comments on: And the award for the most ironic photo of the PBR goes to…. http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/ 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. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:37:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4663 Shaun Pilkington Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4663 Oh God, it is just like the 70s. As the power generators gradually go out and we move towards scheduled blackouts, which will no doubt please our new Green Overlords greatly, it will be just like the 70s: massive Public Sector with strong unions, a dead economy, entrepreneurialism becomes unknown.... The bigger questions is can CallMeDave be an economic Thatcher and, more worryingly, can the country take that kind of medicine a 2nd time? Oh God, it is just like the 70s. As the power generators gradually go out and we move towards scheduled blackouts, which will no doubt please our new Green Overlords greatly, it will be just like the 70s: massive Public Sector with strong unions, a dead economy, entrepreneurialism becomes unknown….

The bigger questions is can CallMeDave be an economic Thatcher and, more worryingly, can the country take that kind of medicine a 2nd time?

]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4661 LFAT Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:45:28 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4661 The PBR was certainly about the election and little else. As I said in my letter to Alistair Darling yesterday, it was a political stimulus package, not an economic one. The PBR was certainly about the election and little else. As I said in my letter to Alistair Darling yesterday, it was a political stimulus package, not an economic one.

]]> By: patently http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4658 patently Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:20:15 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4658 The photo has now made it to the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/default.stm"BBC Political News</a> front page... <i>(as of 2:18 pm 25/11)</i> The photo has now made it to the <a href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/default.stm”BBC Political News front page…

(as of 2:18 pm 25/11)

]]> By: Ross http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4657 Ross Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:34:40 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4657 I think Brown and Darling know that what Callaghan said is still the case, but the pbr was about the election not the economy. I think Brown and Darling know that what Callaghan said is still the case, but the pbr was about the election not the economy.

]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4651 LFAT Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:18:16 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4651 It's a beauty, isn't it. It’s a beauty, isn’t it.

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4649 Mark Wadsworth Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:13:53 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4649 That pic (or a very similar one) was on the front page of The Metro. Brilliant. That pic (or a very similar one) was on the front page of The Metro. Brilliant.

]]> By: patently http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4648 patently Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:21:02 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4648 Wonderful! Wonderful!

]]> By: Prize for best comment on the pre-Budget Report goes to David Jones MP | Sharpe's Opinion http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/11/25/and-the-award-for-the-most-ironic-photo-of-the-pbr-goes-to/#comment-4647 Prize for best comment on the pre-Budget Report goes to David Jones MP | Sharpe's Opinion Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:44:14 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1503#comment-4647 [...] Letters From A Tory gives out far more prestigious (and amusing) awards than me… [...] [...] Letters From A Tory gives out far more prestigious (and amusing) awards than me… [...]

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