Why is this such a big deal?

[BUSHWHACKER]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...-so-good-gaffe

I thought having a sense of humour was a good thing, we have to have one when listening to any thing that comes out of Downing street.

[slobodan]

Everyone's gone radio rental!

Like that councellor the other week with the 'stone her' thing on twitter.

I'm sure normal people take these things with a pinch of salt. but not the P.C. brigade, and the media. they are the ones that stir it up.

[John h]

Spin Doctor's Feast !

usual case of how can we slag each other off, his words were taken out of context as usual, technicaly he was correct...base rate at 0.5% however lending institutions don't reflect this ie Mortgages 5% and upwards, Unsecured lending rates 9% to Astronomical

[KERRSURF]

He's a multi-millionaire tory. Pretty easy guy to hate imho.

[gwh200]

I properly hate tony Blair and his wife cherie...both socialist, both multi millionaires...

[Hazzo]

This is why I absolutely hate politicians, all parties, totally out of touch, they should all have to do a year on minimum wage with no access to lavish bank accounts to prop them up, they might then come to understand what its like to work to pay bills and have zero disposable income at the end of the week, a mortgage is pie in the pigging sky to minimum wage earners.

There's a Sunderland tory councillor presently taking his wage of 11 grand from the council while overseas on a 3 month business trip, unavailable but having his cake n eating it, he sees nothing wrong in what he's doing, most of his constituents are either unemployed or minimum wage. IMO hes a £ucking parasite and one of the main reasons the country is in the mess its in, simply greed rather than need, but lets #### over the disabled/jobless/poor. H

[John h]

I am but a lowly Economist

[Bogus]

Hes a rich Tory, he thinks like a rich Tory. Hes an older David Cameron. They all believe that the working class exist to serve them, to keep them in luxury and only deserve whatever crumbs they care to toss at them and they no clue as to how the masses live, nor do they care.

Bogus

[gwh200]

And come the revolution brother...what a load of shite you talk sometimes alex. You live north of the wall, so your view of "London" and it's political shenanigans are skewed...and I spent enough time with the Scottish media to see that. The short memory your exhibiting, belies the utter disaster that Blair and brown were. Blair and his hideous wide were only interested in lining their own pockets. It's very easy to subscribe to the "class war" b0llix, in fact the SNP as far as I could ever tell, rely on living in a perpeptual version of braveheart to keep the seats. Carry on hating the Tories...but remember, what you feel about those nasty nen from the Tory party, down here we feel exactly the same about labour and it's self serving socialist b0llux that's put us in the worst financial position for generations.

[Hazzo]

The banks worldwide have put us into the worst financial position for generations, labour, possibly mistakenly, bailed them out, have you been hiding up DC's ar$hole, I've lived in Scotland, London and after "getting on my bike" in 84, practically everywhere else in this country trying to stay employed, my daughter at 21 has known 20 different addresses, all due to the fact the Tories destroyed British industry while on their power trip.

At least in Scotland, whoever is in power, have their country's subjects in mind when making decisions and both Labour and The SNP refrain from deliberately targetting the least well off in society, unlike the Tories who are squarely laying the blame of this crisis on the jobless and Labour policy but who themselves are producing new schemes on a daily basis which will do nothing to create employment but will make the figures look good as they reduce payments to those unfortunates who are out of work, a lot of which will be directly attributed to this new "coalition" Government.

Its always been Tory policy to have mass unemployment to benefit the private sector, this keeps keep wages low but with a constant supply of slaves so those in work feel lucky to have a job and can do nothing to improve pay or conditions. H

[Maverick]

You have to ask why did Australia not go into recession?

The answer is Government policy.

During the boom our government spent all the money and borrowed more, and that is what they wanted to do during the recession.
I don't support any politiction, because none of them are worthy of my support. I am yet to meet or hear of an honest politiction.
Labour were in the driving seat when it all went up the tubes.

[JUDWAK]

i think they start off with all honesty and have the idea of carrying out what they are saying
untill they get the job
thats when it hits home that they cant
its a job with a gaffer and they tell you what your going to do and not do
its the 2nd highest job in britian
any one know the first?

[Nick V]

Bl00dy hell!! It don't take long for some people on here to get a weed up their arses and jump on their political soapboxes!!

I agree with you Vince, people need to treat it with a sense of humour and take anything that comes out of Downing St - no matter who has the keys - with a pinch of salt!!!

At the end of the day, we can all rant and rave about it, but it won't change a thing!

Cheers, Nick

[Bogus]

And come the revolution brother...what a load of shite you talk sometimes alex.

If that means that I express opinions which are at variance with yours, then compliment accepted,
I take it youre not a "morning" person then ? that post had the hallmarks of somebody who might have been spraying the keyboard with toast and tea as he was typing
like one of these "indignant of Ilford" type letters to the Times. So much Anger Its not good for you you know.

Bogus

[gwh200]

If that means that I express opinions which are at variance with yours, then compliment accepted,
I take it youre not a "morning" person then ? that post had the hallmarks of somebody who might have been spraying the keyboard with toast and tea as he was typing
like one of these "indignant of Ilford" type letters to the Times. So much Anger Its not good for you you know.

Bogus

Damm right !!!

Ive had the absolute pleasure of living in scotland...and its just the converse of the down here south. Its going to be, the requirments of each area are served by different parties offering different solutions for different problems.

Ale salmond is though,IMHO, a compl,ete and utter c0ck