Reply to: George Osborne - any good as Chancellor?

[AtW]

It makes me happy, could be more than 2 years!

In 2 years I might become a mod on CUK and then you'll be glum

[Churchill]

I am not planning to go away for 2 years

This makes me glum.

It makes me happy, could be more than 2 years!

[centurian]

People who study history are doomed to make the same mistakes.

Wasn't Gordon Brown a historian - his doctoral thesis was on the Labour party

At least he's the one consigned to history now...

[Clippy]

I am not planning to go away for 2 years

This makes me glum.

[AtW]

Come back in a couple of years.

I am not planning to go away for 2 years

[Churchill]

That's not hard... even you could do it!

On the other hand no - you couldn't.

Come back in a couple of years.

[AtW]

he just has to make a better job of it than the previous two inept bastards!

That's not hard... even you could do it!

On the other hand no - you couldn't.

[shaunbhoy]

Personally I think a degree in history is exactly what a Chancellor needs - as history provides the knowledge to avoid mistakes.
On the other hand isn't Gordo a history PhD? And he didn't spot the signs of a classic bubble

So in fact you have just completely contradicted yourself on this. FFS man............you might have a chin like an orang utan, god knows you have plenty of their other attributes, but try not to lead with it quite so blatantly. When you are being intellectually trounced by SY01, you really ought to consider hanging up your handbag!
You are babbling on like a punchdrunk Thunderbirds puppet. Shape up!!

[TimberWolf]

Personally I think a degree in history is exactly what a Chancellor needs - as history provides the knowledge to avoid mistakes.
On the other hand isn't Gordo a history PhD? And he didn't spot the signs of a classic bubble

People who study history are doomed to make the same mistakes.

[Churchill]

His popularity will probably follow a battery discharge curve.

He doesn't have to be popular - popular usually gets us in the tulip - he just has to make a better job of it than the previous two inept bastards!

[HairyArsedBloke]

The current mob are less qualified to run the country than the last lot.

Anyway, I don't give a frack.

[sasguru]

Personally I think a degree in history is exactly what a Chancellor needs - as history provides the knowledge to avoid mistakes.
On the other hand isn't Gordo a history PhD? And he didn't spot the signs of a classic bubble

[threaded]

His popularity will probably follow a battery discharge curve.

[d000hg]

Maybe we should let him do the job more than a week before making any decisions. After all, the majority thought Brown was doing a good job for quite a few years.

[DiscoStu]

That's already a lot more than you ever did.

HTH

You profess to having numerous degrees and yet have, on many occasions, proved yourself to be a complete economic simpleton. Maybe it's not all in the education