Comments on: Thought for the day http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/ 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, 09 Mar 2010 22:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Al http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5866 Al Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:44:30 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5866 But then we'd have to ask the EU very nicely if they would mind us changing their rules.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5866','Al'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5866','Al','But then we\'d have to ask the EU very nicely if they would mind us changing their rules.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> But then we’d have to ask the EU very nicely if they would mind us changing their rules.
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]]> By: CherryPie http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5864 CherryPie Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:50:14 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5864 I think there would be so many responses it would take years to go through them all to find a winner!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5864','CherryPie'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5864','CherryPie','I think there would be so many responses it would take years to go through them all to find a winner!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I think there would be so many responses it would take years to go through them all to find a winner!
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]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5861 LFAT Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:55:14 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5861 Oh, the beautiful job irony - a massive job creation scheme for civil servants made from a competition into pointless job creation schemes for civil servants. Does it make me a bad person for wanting Labour to give this a go, just to see the public's reaction?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5861','LFAT'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5861','LFAT','Oh, the beautiful job irony - a massive job creation scheme for civil servants made from a competition into pointless job creation schemes for civil servants.\r\n\r\nDoes it make me a bad person for wanting Labour to give this a go, just to see the public\'s reaction?'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Oh, the beautiful job irony – a massive job creation scheme for civil servants made from a competition into pointless job creation schemes for civil servants.

Does it make me a bad person for wanting Labour to give this a go, just to see the public’s reaction?

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5856 JuliaM Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:49:26 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5856 Oooh, good point!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5856','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5856','JuliaM','Oooh, good point!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Oooh, good point!
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]]> By: patently http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5855 patently Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:39:12 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5855 We'd need a veritable army of civil servants to deal with the applications, though...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5855','patently'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5855','patently','We\'d need a veritable army of civil servants to deal with the applications, though...'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> We’d need a veritable army of civil servants to deal with the applications, though…
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]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5849 LFAT Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:07:08 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5849 It is refreshing to see a President set up this kind of competition, knowing that there are such serious problem. I wonder if he's going to do anything about the red tape, bearing in mind how many entries this competition must have had....<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5849','LFAT'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5849','LFAT','It is refreshing to see a President set up this kind of competition, knowing that there are such serious problem.\n\nI wonder if he\'s going to do anything about the red tape, bearing in mind how many entries this competition must have had....'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> It is refreshing to see a President set up this kind of competition, knowing that there are such serious problem.

I wonder if he’s going to do anything about the red tape, bearing in mind how many entries this competition must have had….

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/01/10/thought-for-the-day-133/#comment-5848 JuliaM Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:38:34 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=1817#comment-5848 <i>"Cecilia Velazquez received a check for 300,000 pesos (22,000 dollars) from President Felipe Calderon after winning the competition to identify <b>the worst red tape</b> in the notoriously bureaucratic country."</i> Good grief! Are you in competetion with Gordon to see who could bankrupt the country fastest..? ;)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5848','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5848','JuliaM','<i>\"Cecilia Velazquez received a check for 300,000 pesos (22,000 dollars) from President Felipe Calderon after winning the competition to identify <b>the worst red tape<\/b> in the notoriously bureaucratic country.\"<\/i>\r\n\r\nGood grief! Are you in competetion with Gordon to see who could bankrupt the country fastest..? ;)'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> “Cecilia Velazquez received a check for 300,000 pesos (22,000 dollars) from President Felipe Calderon after winning the competition to identify the worst red tape in the notoriously bureaucratic country.”

Good grief! Are you in competetion with Gordon to see who could bankrupt the country fastest..? ;)

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