Reply to: New Labour's Financial Nous

[derekthedalek]

Oh bugger.

I've done it again....

Where's the Agony Booth gone?

You were doing so well.

[PAH]

That's what we're missing on TV at the moment. A Spitting Image contender.

..and Blackadder, the Young Ones, Not the Nine O Clock News, Kelly Monteith, Tiswas, Proper Doctor Who with Tom Baker, Adverts with the Smash(tm) Robots, Airwolf, the A-Team, Beadle's About, Manimal, Terrahawks, Jamie & The Magic Torch....

I miss the 80's.

Me too. Maybe that's why I'm enjoying Ashes to Ashes a lot more than Life on Mars.

"Pink or brown guv?"

[Board Game Geek]

I can't see them doing a Spitting Image again from Luck and Flaw (that's got to be a Spoonerism).

Primarily because both were (are) "Labour Luvvies".

I seem to recall S.I. did mock the Labourazi Party, but I'm sure it was never as bad at the kicking the poor Tories got.

That's what we're missing on TV at the moment. A Spitting Image contender.

..and Blackadder, the Young Ones, Not the Nine O Clock News, Kelly Monteith, Tiswas, Proper Doctor Who with Tom Baker, Adverts with the Smash(tm) Robots, Airwolf, the A-Team, Beadle's About, Manimal, Terrahawks, Jamie & The Magic Torch....

I miss the 80's.

[bogeyman]

At least we've still got "Have I Got News For You", even if Paul Merton is way past his best.

Yes. I've been thinking that about Paul Merton lately. On Just a Minute too.

Merton is a bit too smug and self-satisfied - as though these shows were just vehicles for his ego and that he can just be stupid and ignore the rules - because he's Paul Merton.

He's getting to be a bit of an annoying twat. Ian Hislop on the other hand is always genuinely witty and good value.

[PAH]

It's a shame that there isn't a New Labour version of that or a Spitting Image for today.

At least we've still got "Have I Got News For You", even if Paul Merton is way past his best.

[BoredBloke]

It's a shame that there isn't a New Labour version of that or a Spitting Image for today.

[PAH]

I keep in touch with what our politicians are doing by watchin episodes of "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister"....things never change!

I prefer The New Statement myself. Classic comedy.

[KathyWoolfe]

I keep in touch with what our politicians are doing by watchin episodes of "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister"....things never change!

[Ardesco]

Try half a million civil servants:

http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/statistics/

I'm sure it will hit 1,000,000 by the next election....

[ratewhore]

If I remember correctly there were something like 60,000 civil servants when Nu Liemore came into power. They sacked about 30,000 of them saying how wasteful the Tory government was employing them all and then employed another 170,000......

Nu Liemore spin at its best

Try half a million civil servants:

http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/statistics/

[DimPrawn]

Paymaster General.

[Troll]

I suppose in reality who's in power doesn't make all that much difference because they still rely on the same advisors and civil servants. Its not like after every general election they chuck them all out and recruit new ones. At best they'll make them re-apply for their old jobs, like all those numpties in Norwich.

IIRC one of the big uproars when Labour took power was the politicisation of the Civil Service - key posts being filled by NL yes men into what was supposed to be an impartial service

[ratewhore]

As this thread is based (I assume) on a moneyweek article, here's a great quote from that article, about NL:

They’re a bit like a really badly run hedge fund. The fees they charge are extortionate, the performance they deliver is woeful, and investors can’t get their money out.

[DimPrawn]

Have you noticed that the two new people NL have put in charge of NR are both ex-pats, one Zimbabwean and one Swiss?

Both non-doms and therefore non-tax payers on any offshore gains. See, Labour like tax dodgers really.

[malvolio]

Actually they sold gold at an all time low, and told everyone they were going to do it beforehand...

Have you noticed that the two new people NL have put in charge of NR are both ex-pats, one Zimbabwean and one Swiss?

Ever wondered where HMG gets its supply of cleared, experienced, Civil-Service qualified contract workers from?