tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post5477791474957512618..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Calamity CleggSue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-21032106478224539252011-01-26T12:20:36.758+00:002011-01-26T12:20:36.758+00:00This should be published somewhere. An excellent p...This should be published somewhere. An excellent piece as well as my view all along. I just never managed to articulate it as well as you did :-)claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-27577896641986575822011-01-24T01:13:11.300+00:002011-01-24T01:13:11.300+00:00Sue
I found NC painfully unsubstantial... He did ...Sue<br /><br />I found NC painfully unsubstantial... He did not lose a single opportunity to spin a line ... I ended up covering my head in embarrassment at the predictabilty and the twisting rationales.Syzygyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033334461020443772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-86049144049181342242011-01-23T19:51:43.826+00:002011-01-23T19:51:43.826+00:00Thanks Caron, I'm really glad to see you comme...Thanks Caron, I'm really glad to see you commenting. <br /><br />To be a little fairer, my post was more satirical than serious. Can you explain the tuition fee thing? It might help?<br /><br />I do think Clegg needs to lose that slightly snappy (dare I say a little patronising) air. People don't like to think they don't understand or get it. That's just free spin advice, not a dig. LolSue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-71194059824082737902011-01-23T15:40:06.120+00:002011-01-23T15:40:06.120+00:00Not surprisingly, I have a different view:-)
http...Not surprisingly, I have a different view:-)<br /><br />http://carons-musings.blogspot.com/2011/01/nick-clegg-on-andrew-marr-gorging.html<br /><br />I think he did a good job of explaining that someone on a low income would pay less under the new scheme than under Labour, by quite some margin, a point which, amidst all the anger, has not actually been recognised. <br /><br />Marr didn't tackle him on all the benefits issues, which I'd liked to have seen - in fact, there were, as I point out, a few areas where he could have taken his wooden spoon out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-63739618456549680152011-01-23T14:43:01.264+00:002011-01-23T14:43:01.264+00:00On tuition fees Clegg is behaving like a use car s...On tuition fees Clegg is behaving like a use car salesman who tells you the car you are looking at will only cost you £40 a week but fails to tell you that you will still be paying the £40 a week well after the car has been sent to the scrap heap.<br /><br />Clegg should tell people what the total cost of the fees will be rather than how much you will be paying back each week or month.Crispin Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422241837149899082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-31290346823136252112011-01-23T13:21:10.488+00:002011-01-23T13:21:10.488+00:00I should really watch more political programmes an...I should really watch more political programmes and listen to what Clegg and cameron are saying but I really couldn't afford to buy a new TVPeter Lockharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541478715220480055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-26855286548010443572011-01-23T12:03:34.293+00:002011-01-23T12:03:34.293+00:00Come on Liam, I listened. Have been Lab supporter ...Come on Liam, I listened. Have been Lab supporter through Iraq too, so know a bit about defending the indefensible. <br /><br />Was making fairly light-hearted point that if Clegg didn't get so snappy and imply it was all because people were so silly, we might listen a bit more.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-72868609511676945322011-01-23T11:58:29.885+00:002011-01-23T11:58:29.885+00:00Now that you've got that out of your system, I...Now that you've got that out of your system, I suspect you may need to listen to the interview again, only without putting your fingers in your ears...Doktorbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236566237119488631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-54253078548070556332011-01-23T11:27:24.024+00:002011-01-23T11:27:24.024+00:00Nick Clegg will very soon be a card-carrying Tory;...Nick Clegg will very soon be a card-carrying Tory; very soon after the blood letting begins in the franchise that is Libdemology (cf Scientology) possibly after the combined bonfire of Lib Dem councillors and reverse on AV in May 2011 ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com