tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post2740034144289459724..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: For What it's Worth...Sue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-14115301957872111782011-01-09T20:33:42.639+00:002011-01-09T20:33:42.639+00:00Malcolm - I had thought today. Almost certainly wr...Malcolm - I had thought today. Almost certainly wrong, but good nonetheless. Perhaps he's actually trying to split the right vote and let the Tories hang themselves once and for all so that for the rest of the century, we have a left leaning government ;)Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-52427482822712735552011-01-09T19:38:33.738+00:002011-01-09T19:38:33.738+00:00I am fascinated by Clegg's situation; my guess...I am fascinated by Clegg's situation; my guess would be that he is only happy when at home with his family and when in Cameron's company.<br /><br />The rest of the time he must feel completely wretched; he looks thoroughly miserable sitting in the Commons, and being out and about with the voters in Saddleworth must have been an awful experience.<br /><br />And this only after 8 months. I find it difficult to believe that he will last another 4 years and 4 months in his current job whilst the situation is very likely to get much worse.<br /><br />I feel that the word 'mistake' must really be haunting him.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001468091843912502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-736699489763640962011-01-08T13:10:43.819+00:002011-01-08T13:10:43.819+00:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12141725
Good articl...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12141725<br /><br />Good article Sue..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811850293408614488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-36681225494502538932011-01-07T19:31:40.883+00:002011-01-07T19:31:40.883+00:00Good points Crispin.
Particularly that about a ca...Good points Crispin. <br />Particularly that about a caretaker leader. Might have been a sensible way to go.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-65034682126826520542011-01-07T19:22:21.561+00:002011-01-07T19:22:21.561+00:00I think the problem with Ed is that he has become ...I think the problem with Ed is that he has become leader of the Labour far too early, what ever he does now will be forgotten about in 4 years time. Labour should have gone with a caretaker leader for a year or so while it worked on developing new policies and then had a leadership election. <br /><br />Every time Ed attacks the government Cameron asks what he would do. If Ed gives a straight answer he would basically commit himself to policies before the party had properly thought through their policy options.Crispin Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422241837149899082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-29064116169841391822011-01-07T19:00:05.537+00:002011-01-07T19:00:05.537+00:00Now THIS is more like what I'm talking about. ...Now THIS is more like what I'm talking about. A coherent summary of not only how the cuts will affect us, but the knock on effects and the combinations of cuts. Good old Ballsy.<br /><br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/07/ed-balls-warns-condem-cuts-put-royal-wedding-at-risk-of-terror-attacks-115875-22831472/#ixzz1ANFpaxhJSue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-8428164679368646592011-01-07T15:03:18.340+00:002011-01-07T15:03:18.340+00:00'many decaying and dangerous estates and waste...'many decaying and dangerous estates and wastelands were regenerated'<br /><br />Have you any quantative data on thst Sue?SWruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194385100414263357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-87834481678305804022011-01-07T12:21:39.031+00:002011-01-07T12:21:39.031+00:00Oh Peter, that's a blow about Mary, not sure h...Oh Peter, that's a blow about Mary, not sure how I missed the news - I thought she already had been selected?<br /><br />Oh well, I'm coming to help is Scotland anyway, for the week before the elections, so it'd be brilliant if we can meet up - actual real live people, lol. I'll certainly help you campaign if I can. <br /><br />I'm staying with friends not TOO far from you and also have a friend running in Aberdeen and another in Edinburgh.<br /><br />I can't wait!! I love nothing more than a good election - especially one where Labour should do very well, lol.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-90201667511062933922011-01-07T12:00:52.096+00:002011-01-07T12:00:52.096+00:00Very dignified as he was when Tony Blair's boo...Very dignified as he was when Tony Blair's book came out. He's looking a lot more relaxed now. Mary didn't get selected though which is a big disappointment. I think she'll be helping us get Helen Eadie back into parliament. You can come to Scotland the following May to help me campaign as well if you like. I'm going to be Labours candidate for the Cowdenbeath Fife Council seat. I'm reasonably confident although never take anything for granted and there is a year to go. See if we can get a meeting with him.Peter Lockharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541478715220480055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-76172017864740786812011-01-07T11:08:18.325+00:002011-01-07T11:08:18.325+00:00Oh, and, if I should ever meet him again, I'd ...Oh, and, if I should ever meet him again, I'd ask him over a pint what it's like to see Gideon at number 11. <br />It must be absolute torture, but he's kept an amazingly dignified silence, I'm full of admiration for him. <br />Perhaps when I come to Scotland in May to help Mary campaign......<br />*hint size of sledgehammer*Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-8363660549841773002011-01-07T11:02:50.033+00:002011-01-07T11:02:50.033+00:00Peter, that's brilliant news!! Very very well ...Peter, that's brilliant news!! Very very well done. <br />I think of these things like ripples in a pond. <br />When people tell me fighting is pointless or we can't achieve anything on our own, I remember ll the other people throwing pebbles and know that one day, a ripple will reach the right person. <br /><br />'m so pleased Peter, can I tell my friend at Broken of Britain?Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-20371517742408083802011-01-07T10:58:26.722+00:002011-01-07T10:58:26.722+00:00Wow, another excellent blog by Sue. Pity your not ...Wow, another excellent blog by Sue. Pity your not sitting where Ed is. BTW, I had my meeting with Gordon Brown, he's now aware of the extent of damage that ESA is causing disabled people and he's got the information on the abolition of DLA. I concentrated on the DLA one simply because I reckoned that was perhaps the immediate fight, is not yet happened and so time to stop it in its tracks.Peter Lockharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541478715220480055noreply@blogger.com