Comments on: On the subject of impossible promises

By: Andrew lohmann

Andrew lohmann — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:49 +0000

I have been developing a discussion on political viewpoint entiteld motive and change. It is intended to be party netural, but come from a Labour supporter viewpoint. Please read the all pages, And enjoy Lord Dennis Healley on Mrs Thatcher on this page.

http://motiveandchange.pbworks.com/Nursery-rhymes

(It is a Wiki and comment is welcome)

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:56:10 +0000

‘We are going back to basics.

‘I’ll cut your wages and the NHS’.

‘Fear
our
change’

Read Thomas Mann for a change at conservatives.com

They’ve really done their best to make him look like Chucky from Child’s Play!

By: Paul Sagar

Paul Sagar — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:24:49 +0000

“We can’t go on like this. CCHQ keep photoshopping glints into my eyes and it makes me look like a naughty milkman.”

By: Step by step guide to ‘cutting the deficit, not the NHS’ « Though Cowards Flinch

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:25:06 +0000

[...] Step by step guide to ‘cutting the deficit, not the NHS’ January 5, 2010 paulinlancs Leave a comment Go to comments So Cameron’s banging on about ring-fencing NHS spend but still slashing the deficit. There’s even 1,000 big posters gone up to say so. Giles at Freethinking Economist thinks they make an impossible promise. [...]

By: freethinkingeconomist

freethinkingeconomist — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:58:02 +0000

Very good!

Plus, apparently:

You too can have your adam’s apple removed by the NHS,

By: Tom Freeman

Tom Freeman — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:57:27 +0000

I can go on and on and on like this.

I’m stern, but also smart-casual.

By: Prateek Buch

Prateek Buch — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:24:21 +0000

“We can’t go on like this, or else I’ll end up in Number 10 without a clue how to drag us out of this hole…”

Either/or is the Tories only hope – paint themselves as the only alternative to what is on offer at the moment. They seem to be hoping that no body will scritunise their actual policies – damm those pesky bloggists…!

By: freethinkingeconomist

freethinkingeconomist — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:22:10 +0000

Sure.

What bugged me about this dichotomy is the implied suggestion of “either/or”.

By: tim leunig

tim leunig — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:23:55 +0000

You can break the world pie eating record and lose weight if you cut your consumption of everything else. You can cut the deficit and not cut the NHS (although since NHS spending is mainly made up of wages, raising spending in line with prices will be a quantity cut) if you are prepared to cut defence, transport, benefits, education, etc etc. Presumably we could offer a “university education” for half the current fees, by dint of tripling class sizes, cutting library budgets, abolishing student feedback, cutting the quality of exam marking (say, by only marking one essay in three?), abolishing student sports facilities, making students buy their own computers, etc etc. Whether we want to do these things is another matter…

By: Paul Sagar

Paul Sagar — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:37:16 +0000

“We can’t go on like this”
“Somebody put me out of my misery. Please, just kill me”.

Works fine for me.