Dear Reader, I get the impression that Labour Party leader Ed Miliband does not really want to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom. I read (and hopefully it is wrong) that his favourite sports were basketball and American football. Someone should have told him that he should support a football team. Tony Blair did that with Newcastle United and I remember the great play of John Major supporting
Chelsea (which was genuine).
The teams I follow are Man Utd, Spurs, Watford, Leyton Orient, Bristol Rovers and Barnet. I am 51 pct a Man Utd fan, which might oscillate to 100 pct on Europa League
night (what is Man U's favourite perfume? Chanel 5!).
Showing posts with label John Major. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Major. Show all posts
Friday, 23 December 2011
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
I was going to discuss deflation but I will waffle on about Brown.
Mary Riddell is a good writer on the opinion columns of the Daily Telegraph and has always been a cheerleader for British Premier Gordon Brown but even she seems to be close to despair and says "There is no replay of the defiance shown by Tory grandees to John Major. We are seeing, instead, the muddle and disarray facing any government opting for evasion in an age of scrutiny."
This is from today's Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/maryriddell/6151994/Gordon-Brown-the-Nowhere-Man-can-still-hit-back---but-he-cant-just-let-it-be.html
Labour left winger Jon Cruddas bemoans the fact that they are not laying a glove on the Tories at the moment. I would be more worried that Labour looks like going completely under with the Libyan affair. Fancy the fact pf Her Majesty's Government being called immoral by Gadaffi's son!! I also get the impression that the touchy-feely Obama administration is extremely annoyed with us. In fact, Gordon Brown has pulled off the incredible feat of annoying everybody. As for his moral compass, he is having a laugh.
I was going to discuss Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's article in yesterday's Daily Telegraph about the worldwide threat of deflation. Consumer prices are falling in countries such as Bolivia and Ecuador. The recent 2.2 pct monthly drop in Japan was a record. I suppose the Japanese can have more than one lost decade.
I can't see deflation happening here in the United Kingdom because of so many prices are being administered by the UK government, such as petrol and alcohol, and by the devaluation of the pound, which makes imports dearer. We should be trying to benefit as much as possible from the low level of sterling in terms of manufacturing, tourism etc because Bank of England governor Mervyn King will have to stop quantitative easing and to start lifting British interest rates quite
soon.
Apparently, the U.S Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke is very concerned about deflation but can't do much about it at the moment since various parties such as the Chinese are complaining about their devaluing positions in U.S Treasury bonds because of the American printing presses. China is going to have to increase imports and to have a more balanced trade position with the U.S. But opening up like this would probably be difficult for the Red Army.
This is from today's Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/maryriddell/6151994/Gordon-Brown-the-Nowhere-Man-can-still-hit-back---but-he-cant-just-let-it-be.html
Labour left winger Jon Cruddas bemoans the fact that they are not laying a glove on the Tories at the moment. I would be more worried that Labour looks like going completely under with the Libyan affair. Fancy the fact pf Her Majesty's Government being called immoral by Gadaffi's son!! I also get the impression that the touchy-feely Obama administration is extremely annoyed with us. In fact, Gordon Brown has pulled off the incredible feat of annoying everybody. As for his moral compass, he is having a laugh.
I was going to discuss Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's article in yesterday's Daily Telegraph about the worldwide threat of deflation. Consumer prices are falling in countries such as Bolivia and Ecuador. The recent 2.2 pct monthly drop in Japan was a record. I suppose the Japanese can have more than one lost decade.
I can't see deflation happening here in the United Kingdom because of so many prices are being administered by the UK government, such as petrol and alcohol, and by the devaluation of the pound, which makes imports dearer. We should be trying to benefit as much as possible from the low level of sterling in terms of manufacturing, tourism etc because Bank of England governor Mervyn King will have to stop quantitative easing and to start lifting British interest rates quite
soon.
Apparently, the U.S Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke is very concerned about deflation but can't do much about it at the moment since various parties such as the Chinese are complaining about their devaluing positions in U.S Treasury bonds because of the American printing presses. China is going to have to increase imports and to have a more balanced trade position with the U.S. But opening up like this would probably be difficult for the Red Army.
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Matthew Parris does not like Gordon Brown (part 2)
Dear Reader, I have said before that Matthew Parris, a former Tory MP and
a current columnist on the Times, really does not like British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown.
In his Saturday column, Parris again compares Brown to the Wizard of Oz. The
journalist says "the chief economic wizard who has succeeded him (Tony Blair)
appears a shrivelled figure as the curtains are pulled back".
Then, later "After the effective disintergration of command at the very top of the Government......"
I suppose this is quite incendiary stuff. Although we all mock John Major, he did
win a general election on his own merits. It seems that Major had more bottle than
Brown, who would have surely won a poll in November, even it was with a reduced
majority.
I am not the only blogger in the UK quoting these Parris articles.
A "mea culpa" for my international readers for going on about Gordon Brown,
who is apparently British, but wants to sell us down the river with the forthcoming
European Summit.
a current columnist on the Times, really does not like British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown.
In his Saturday column, Parris again compares Brown to the Wizard of Oz. The
journalist says "the chief economic wizard who has succeeded him (Tony Blair)
appears a shrivelled figure as the curtains are pulled back".
Then, later "After the effective disintergration of command at the very top of the Government......"
I suppose this is quite incendiary stuff. Although we all mock John Major, he did
win a general election on his own merits. It seems that Major had more bottle than
Brown, who would have surely won a poll in November, even it was with a reduced
majority.
I am not the only blogger in the UK quoting these Parris articles.
A "mea culpa" for my international readers for going on about Gordon Brown,
who is apparently British, but wants to sell us down the river with the forthcoming
European Summit.
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