tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post5447425518640269486..comments2023-11-02T10:43:15.185+00:00Comments on DENVERSTROPE: Brown (And Cameron's) Major ProblemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-19897353705321617672009-10-21T00:05:07.361+01:002009-10-21T00:05:07.361+01:00lol.
Just a side issue, watching the little spat ...lol.<br /><br />Just a side issue, watching the little spat between John Cole and the psephology professor bloke again, it occurred to me that while Cole might have imagined his shallow interpretation was bang on the money, the Labour party, once John Smith had passed away, clearly believed the professor - hence "New" Labour and Blair. And they won in '97 with a landslide, so the good professor was right, too!<br /><br />It's interesting too that once Blair had gone, and taken New Labour with him to the political grave, they've imploded again. <br /><br />People have bloody long memories, it seems, which is disastrous news for Gordon Brown.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-90613907171671823312009-10-20T23:39:45.434+01:002009-10-20T23:39:45.434+01:00They should set Hague on them, judo expert apparen...They should set Hague on them, judo expert apparently.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904181998734097782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-70702435885189716842009-10-20T22:24:10.157+01:002009-10-20T22:24:10.157+01:00All true, UB. Indeed, the challenge for Cameron (o...All true, UB. Indeed, the challenge for Cameron (of leaving the country in the kind of shape Major did) is certainly no mean one. And to achieve will certainly take "Thatcherite zeal" in terms of reform and economics as you rightly say.<br /><br />The picture in my mind of Cameron and Osborne ripping the guts out of quango supremoes is one I like, btw. Very much :)<br /><br />It's as good a place for Cameron to start as any.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-11696814156820574072009-10-20T19:05:07.207+01:002009-10-20T19:05:07.207+01:00Not that the Major premiership was without it'...Not that the Major premiership was without it's pitfalls. The ERM problem was the glaring one but joining it was supported by the trots (including one G. Brown) and Ashdown's hippy commune at the time. <br /><br />I don't think following Major's approach to leading the country should really be Cameron's goal. I feel he needs more of a thatcher-like zeal for reform though maybe a tad more diplomatic in the delivery (With Osborne taking a sensible grip on the nation's purse, like a mate saying 'Leave it Dave, they ain't worf' it!' as he stops him from eviscerating several quango bosses).Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904181998734097782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-36151414422613999752009-10-20T18:55:24.169+01:002009-10-20T18:55:24.169+01:00I think that history is finally coming around to t...I think that history is finally coming around to the truth of Major's premiership, that it was actually very successful and ultimately good for the country. The economic inheritance that Brown and Blair received was probably unmatched. The fact that it's taken this long for Brown to torpedo it underlines how good the books at the time were and also blows apart the Brown myth of a 'cerebral economist'. I wouldn't trust the blithering incompetent to run a school tuck shop.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904181998734097782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-77683089890923564812009-10-20T17:09:34.988+01:002009-10-20T17:09:34.988+01:00Many thanks.
I concede the point about 'brigh...Many thanks.<br /><br />I concede the point about 'brightness'. Not sure where I was going with that. Perhaps it's simply that I find it bewildering the a man as intellectually solid as Brown can have made such a pig's breakfast of just about everything he's even touched in public life.<br /><br />An absence of sound judgment and common sense would go some distance to explaining this conundrum, so thank-you for that!Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-43810771180155746572009-10-20T10:15:50.769+01:002009-10-20T10:15:50.769+01:00Great post Denverthen - especially enjoyed the cli...Great post Denverthen - especially enjoyed the clip, which I've never seen before. <br /><br />Just one quibble:<br /><br />"not as bright as Major"<br /><br />I don't think Gordon Brown isn't bright - possibly even brighter than Major. PhDs from Edinburgh are not handed out with the rations! What he lacks is common sense and good judgement, which are different things.The Half-Blood Welshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072936624444891100noreply@blogger.com