tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post4808489638847040317..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: After the Syrian voteChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-4780717307612513192013-09-01T19:52:41.494+01:002013-09-01T19:52:41.494+01:00Quite.
There are only two explanations I ahve hea...Quite.<br /><br />There are only two explanations I ahve heard for Brown's sale of Britain's gold reserves which make any sense, either<br /><br />1) this was a hidden subsidy to UK banks which had got themselves into trouble speculating on gold futures, or<br /><br />2) it was an act of spectacular incompetence.<br /><br />You could of course make an argument that it was both.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-8271710147428233022013-08-30T18:48:57.754+01:002013-08-30T18:48:57.754+01:00mind you I dont think the current govenment can to...mind you I dont think the current govenment can top this for shear incopetency<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycNmoAYUNZsJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-40647532992442347442013-08-30T16:10:53.821+01:002013-08-30T16:10:53.821+01:00This true, but the age old question returns reall...This true, but the age old question returns really, does it not? you say<br /><br /><i>"If you want parliament to act as a check on the Executive</i><br /><br />I ask once again, who holds the executive to account on behalf of the people of Witney, Tatton etc...***insert member of the executives constituency here***<br /><br />Let alone the people of Buckinghamshire, you see the current system (even if it does work once in a blue moon) is unfit for purpose.<br /><br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-61975905504957061492013-08-30T14:43:03.757+01:002013-08-30T14:43:03.757+01:00That's exactly the point, Jim. Paliament, and ...That's exactly the point, Jim. Paliament, and through it the people, has been allowed to speak.<br /><br />I think Cameron deserves credit for respecting that, not criticism.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-17677213399235064382013-08-30T12:23:12.803+01:002013-08-30T12:23:12.803+01:00This has been one of the rare occasions that the g...This has been one of the rare occasions that the government has done its job.<br /><br />The job of the government is to represent the will of the British people. The will of the British people is not to go gun-ho into Syria on a whim. Most certainly not yet, not without absolute concrete undeniable evidence of who used chemical weapons, where they got them, how they deployed them and why. (at least that seems to be the opinion of most people i have spoken to about this) Too many memories of Iraq and WMD i think.<br /><br />So the government done its job (for once) and the decision has been reached not to go in.<br /><br />Now, as you may know, I am not exactly David Cameron's no.1 fan, but I can not criticize the fact that he has chosen to accept the decision reached by both the British people and their representatives in government.<br /><br />After all if a PM is "not allowed" to have a vote go against them, then what is the point in having an opposition or a parliament at all?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com