Comments on: Gordon’s Nightmare Begins

By: Dave Heasman

Dave Heasman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:02:00 +0000

Only one “l” in “Miliband” I think.
(Checks google) Yes. And Ralph comes up first. Good

By: Dr John Crippen

Dr John Crippen — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:07:00 +0000

Gordon’s nightmare, and the one that really is going to come home to roost, is when he has to explain why dumping squillions into the NHS has not improved Health Care. Indeed, it is worse than it has ever been. It’s a nightmare.

By: Guido Fawkes Esq.

Guido Fawkes Esq. — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:16:00 +0000

GA,

Go ahead

By: Gavin Ayling

Gavin Ayling — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:26:00 +0000

Excellent image – may I use it if I link to you (please)?

By: often funny

often funny — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:07:00 +0000

Gordon’s nightmare? Dunno – but it’s bl++dy well mine!

By: mark

mark — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:32:00 +0000

"DC is not a parliamentarian, neitehr is TB"

renegade liberal,

Perhaps you mistake distain for Parliament as being a poor parliamentarian. When TB occassionally recognises the supremacy of Parliament, he is an excellent performer. One would expect no less of a former barrister.

"We have lost the argument that the state should not fund healthcare & education"

Well Heath thought we had lost the argument against socialism. I think that on health at least, we have a very strong argument for only providing free basic (or maybe even catastrophic) health insurance for the poorest.

By: Renegade_Liberal

Renegade_Liberal — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:41:00 +0000

It matters because PMQs will get little coverage over the next few years. People will just remember "DC seemed to clear that hurdle". DC is not a parliamentarian, neitehr is TB. Both will focus on the country at large rather than parliament.

The significant point is that TB has hitherto been able to rely on the Tories shooting themselves in the foot. he's on notice that Labour has lost that inadvertant 5th column.

But is Blair sad about it? Would he be disappointed to see Brown defeated by a DC who continued with the reforms that Blair always wanted but which Brown always vetoed?

We have lost the argument that the state should not fund healthcare & education, but both DC and TB know that Brown's desire for continued soviet-style monopolystic state supply (as opposed to funding) is doomed.

Call it vouchers, passports, or whatever you want. We will end up with a mechanism under which funding follows user/consumer choices. Happy days for Dr Madison Pirie of the ASI.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:11:00 +0000

But Gordon *always* looks like that at PMQs.

And am I the only one thinking that everyone’s getting carried away with Cameron’s performance yesterday? I was distinctly underwhelmed if the truth be told. The Evening Standard review of PMQs was sheer revisionism.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:33:00 +0000

This media love fest is getting a little extreme: “It is always easy to impute unlikely virtues to the cute”.

By: WmByrd

WmByrd — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:58:00 +0000

Blair also had a look in the crystal ball – he seemed very taken aback at PMQ by the deft way Cameron separated him from the Lab rebels, in just a few words, by guaranteeing Tory support for the ’sensible’ parts of the Education Bill. You could see Blair realising that the left (audibly maddened by DC’s offer) will now try even harder to get rid of the PM, while Cameron holds Tony’s hand and tut-tuts in polite sympathy. Hilarious…I can’t wait for Episode II.