Like most people in the UK I am not a fan of Ed Balls, here is a video listing some of the reasons why he is not easy to like.
As seen at Old Holborn
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Cameron Should Call For Motion Of No Confidence
In 1979 the 351st early day motion of the 1978-79 sitting of Parliament was tabled by the then leader of the opposition Margaret Thatcher calling on a motion of no confidence in the then Prime Minister James Callaghan.
When a successful motion of no confidence is tabled, one of two things must happen, either the Prime Minister resigns or the Prime Minister dissolves Parliament and calls for a General Election. If David Cameron was to call for a motion of no confidence in Gordon Brown when Parliament resumes after Easter, The Prime Minister would be forced to dissolve Parliament and call for a General Election.
It has become clear that Gordon Brown is not going to call an election this year, and that he is going to put his own personal ambitions as Prime Minister before those of the country and of The Labour party by staying on. In the next year with Brown at the helm we know that the country which is already bankrupt will be forced into absorbing even higher rates of state spending, and massive tax increases to pay for them. We will almost certainly be paying a visit to the IMF with the indignity of asking them to fill our begging bowl so that we can continue the profligate dissipation of tax payers money on an exuberantly bloated Public Sector.
In a years time there will be at least 60 additional Labour MPs in marginal seats, possibly more, who will not be returning to Parliament becuase of a delay in an election, they probably know who they are. It is those 60 who will be losing their jobs and the Liberal Democrats who will join with David Cameron in bringing motion of no confidence. The country can not afford to have this government continue in power any longer. We need a responsible government that will take control of the public purse and restore confidence to the City of London.
We need people to take risks and to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit that seems long forgotten in the UK. We need small businesses hiring people and supporting other small business and we need big business exporting to countries that are cash rich governments in Asia such as China. As there is little in the way of manufacturing targeted business grants and specialised educational and apprentice programmes are a must. All of this cannot be delivered by Gordon Brown. Everyone outside of the cabinet and the BBC news editorial team has lost confidence in his leadership, many of us had no such confidence in the first place.
When Labour came to power, they cried "Education, Education, Education". Yet through incompetence rather than by design we learn that the 6th form budget for next year is £60m light, and that the Learning and Skills Council had knowingly issued false assurances over provisional budgets. A 4% educational budget cut is looming and a key initiative, that of the introduction of Diplomas which rival GCSE's and A levels may now be shelved.
When this Labour Government cannot even get its numbers straight, and is basically misleading the educational establishment about how much money there is, we are all in trouble. If Labour cannot find the money for its #1 issue, how can any of the public sector be sure they will get their budgets? No doubt a shortfall in Teacher or Nurses pay will be the pretext in a dash to the IMF, with the argument being it is that or cut essential services.
When the Conservatives have made the case over the years for public sector cutbacks they have always, always met the same calls form the Labour benches. Which essential services will the Tories cut? How many nurses and doctors will need to lose their jobs to pay for Tory tax cuts? How many heart machines will that tax cut cost us?
Labour has through the incompetence of Ed Ball's department opened up an open goal for the Conservatives. We now need to cut the size of a Public Sector that can no longer be afforded.
There will be massive support from the country to right now bring an end to this horrible abhorrent, scandalous sham of a government to an abrupt conclusion. This blogger thinks that Mr Cameron needs to do this for the good of the country. We are scheduled to have elections soon anyway, lets have the election everyone wants.
Go for it Dave.
When a successful motion of no confidence is tabled, one of two things must happen, either the Prime Minister resigns or the Prime Minister dissolves Parliament and calls for a General Election. If David Cameron was to call for a motion of no confidence in Gordon Brown when Parliament resumes after Easter, The Prime Minister would be forced to dissolve Parliament and call for a General Election.
It has become clear that Gordon Brown is not going to call an election this year, and that he is going to put his own personal ambitions as Prime Minister before those of the country and of The Labour party by staying on. In the next year with Brown at the helm we know that the country which is already bankrupt will be forced into absorbing even higher rates of state spending, and massive tax increases to pay for them. We will almost certainly be paying a visit to the IMF with the indignity of asking them to fill our begging bowl so that we can continue the profligate dissipation of tax payers money on an exuberantly bloated Public Sector.
In a years time there will be at least 60 additional Labour MPs in marginal seats, possibly more, who will not be returning to Parliament becuase of a delay in an election, they probably know who they are. It is those 60 who will be losing their jobs and the Liberal Democrats who will join with David Cameron in bringing motion of no confidence. The country can not afford to have this government continue in power any longer. We need a responsible government that will take control of the public purse and restore confidence to the City of London.
We need people to take risks and to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit that seems long forgotten in the UK. We need small businesses hiring people and supporting other small business and we need big business exporting to countries that are cash rich governments in Asia such as China. As there is little in the way of manufacturing targeted business grants and specialised educational and apprentice programmes are a must. All of this cannot be delivered by Gordon Brown. Everyone outside of the cabinet and the BBC news editorial team has lost confidence in his leadership, many of us had no such confidence in the first place.
When Labour came to power, they cried "Education, Education, Education". Yet through incompetence rather than by design we learn that the 6th form budget for next year is £60m light, and that the Learning and Skills Council had knowingly issued false assurances over provisional budgets. A 4% educational budget cut is looming and a key initiative, that of the introduction of Diplomas which rival GCSE's and A levels may now be shelved.
When this Labour Government cannot even get its numbers straight, and is basically misleading the educational establishment about how much money there is, we are all in trouble. If Labour cannot find the money for its #1 issue, how can any of the public sector be sure they will get their budgets? No doubt a shortfall in Teacher or Nurses pay will be the pretext in a dash to the IMF, with the argument being it is that or cut essential services.
When the Conservatives have made the case over the years for public sector cutbacks they have always, always met the same calls form the Labour benches. Which essential services will the Tories cut? How many nurses and doctors will need to lose their jobs to pay for Tory tax cuts? How many heart machines will that tax cut cost us?
Labour has through the incompetence of Ed Ball's department opened up an open goal for the Conservatives. We now need to cut the size of a Public Sector that can no longer be afforded.
There will be massive support from the country to right now bring an end to this horrible abhorrent, scandalous sham of a government to an abrupt conclusion. This blogger thinks that Mr Cameron needs to do this for the good of the country. We are scheduled to have elections soon anyway, lets have the election everyone wants.
Go for it Dave.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Who Is Backing Gordon Brown?
Gordon Brown Quotes:
So, do people share your views Gordon?.....
What about Ed Balls? Well, let’s look at who he is first. He worked for the Financial Times as an economic leader writer (1990 – 1994), before going on to work for Gordon Brown in 1994 in the then Shadow Cabinet. After Labour won the 1997 election he worked for the then Chancellor (again, one Gordon Brown) in a position called “Chief Economic Advisor” where he allegedly earned the title “The most powerful unelected man in Britain”.
It would be fair to say then, that Ed Balls is intimate with Gordon Brown, familiar with the internal workings of the treasury department, the Government and of the national economic position.
Last night, Ed Ball told a Labour conference that these were "seismic events that are going to change the political landscape". He also said the current economic situation is "more extreme and more serious than that of the 1930s" (See here.)
Oh dear. That doesn’t sound very supportive of Mr Brown or this Labour Governments official position.
Ok, well let’s look at someone else then… how about Nikolas Sarkozy. Well again let’s look at who he is. He is the democratically elected President of France (means he won an election of the whole country, Gordon may not be familiar with this concept).
Any way, what did Mr Sarkozy have to say on Gordon Browns Economic competence? Surely as a European leader, he will look at what Gordon brown was quick to do, and follow his leadership.
Oh dear. Well let’s look at the IMF then. They have effective control on the world’s supply of money, they must recognise that “Gordon Brown has not only saved the world….” Ooops, he didn’t mean to say that did he.
Anyway, the IMF know what they are talking about, they must agree that the UK is well positioned economically. They have a report here. Oh, I forgot, they placed the UK at the very bottom in their outlook of developed nations, and are predicting that the UK economy will shrink by 2.8% in 2009.
Ok, maybe these are too specific. How about House owners?
No, wait, house prices have fallen an average of £22,000 per house hold in the last year or so.
What about the Unions? They love Labour Prime Ministers.
Hmm, forgot, they though when Gordon Brown said “British Jobs for British Workers” he was going to do that. He didn’t thell them that the EU won’t let him.
Labour voters?
Well, admittedly they might be hard to find now, as only 28% of the electorate is considering voting for Labour.
Polly? Getting mixed signals from Pol. Best not disturb her today; she is getting a bit of a kicking today from her readers.
My Blogs readers… No, wait, this is getting embarrassing… I almost forgot, but 92% of them want Brown to resign.
What about Gordon Browns Cabinet, they must support him and his claims on the economy…
Let’s see, The Foreign Secretary? No, that’s David Miliband, he was going to run a campaign against Gordon Brown Last year. Nobody, not even Gordon Brown thinks David Miliband trusts Grodon Brown.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary? Well she is supportive, but then again she is making massive amounts of money from the position Gordon put her in, she would have to back him, he is probably keeping a public enquiry from her door.
Jack Straw? haven’t heard from him in a while… hmmm, wonder where the Justice Secretary is?
Ed Balls? No, done that one already.
Labour MP’s. They will of course support their leader. They have to, it’s their job to, and they wouldn’t want to make dear Gordon cry again. Come to think of it, a lot of them will be out of a job soon, they are probably less happy..
I t seems I may am struggling to find a credible example of somebody who will back Gordon Brown’s economic policies, and actually for him to remain as Prime Minister. Is there anybody left that does?
Oh wait of course there is. I forgot, there is the BBC and the EU.
"at root our economy is better placed to weather the global storm than it was in
the seventies, the eighties and the nineties". – To North West of England
Business Leaders (see here.)
"It's a financial global recession everybody knows and started out of America,
we are having to deal with the fall out. We are better placed in Britain than we
have been in the past and are better placed that many other countries" – BBC
Interview (See here)
So, do people share your views Gordon?.....
What about Ed Balls? Well, let’s look at who he is first. He worked for the Financial Times as an economic leader writer (1990 – 1994), before going on to work for Gordon Brown in 1994 in the then Shadow Cabinet. After Labour won the 1997 election he worked for the then Chancellor (again, one Gordon Brown) in a position called “Chief Economic Advisor” where he allegedly earned the title “The most powerful unelected man in Britain”.
It would be fair to say then, that Ed Balls is intimate with Gordon Brown, familiar with the internal workings of the treasury department, the Government and of the national economic position.
Last night, Ed Ball told a Labour conference that these were "seismic events that are going to change the political landscape". He also said the current economic situation is "more extreme and more serious than that of the 1930s" (See here.)
Oh dear. That doesn’t sound very supportive of Mr Brown or this Labour Governments official position.
Ok, well let’s look at someone else then… how about Nikolas Sarkozy. Well again let’s look at who he is. He is the democratically elected President of France (means he won an election of the whole country, Gordon may not be familiar with this concept).
Any way, what did Mr Sarkozy have to say on Gordon Browns Economic competence? Surely as a European leader, he will look at what Gordon brown was quick to do, and follow his leadership.
"The British chose a recovery plan by boosting consumer spending, notably by
cutting VAT by two per cent. It is plain to see that it has brought absolutely
no progress. "
Doesn’t sound very supportive, maybe we should look at what else he said…
"The reason is simple: because it's in people's heads. If the consumer no
longer consumes, he won't change just because we add or subtract one VAT point,
it's because he's scared for his future, he's scared for his job and says to
himself: 'I must save, because bad times are coming'.
"In France, we chose investment because when we put France into debt by
taking money to invest, in return we have assets, infrastructure. When you put
your country into debt to pay for operating costs, you have nothing in return
for your debt and you ruin the country.
"If the English did that it's because they don't have any industry
left. Gordon Brown cannot do what I am doing with carmakers [giving them up to 6
billion euros]... in construction and other industries, because they haven't got
any left."
Oh dear. Well let’s look at the IMF then. They have effective control on the world’s supply of money, they must recognise that “Gordon Brown has not only saved the world….” Ooops, he didn’t mean to say that did he.
Anyway, the IMF know what they are talking about, they must agree that the UK is well positioned economically. They have a report here. Oh, I forgot, they placed the UK at the very bottom in their outlook of developed nations, and are predicting that the UK economy will shrink by 2.8% in 2009.
Ok, maybe these are too specific. How about House owners?
No, wait, house prices have fallen an average of £22,000 per house hold in the last year or so.
What about the Unions? They love Labour Prime Ministers.
Hmm, forgot, they though when Gordon Brown said “British Jobs for British Workers” he was going to do that. He didn’t thell them that the EU won’t let him.
Labour voters?
Well, admittedly they might be hard to find now, as only 28% of the electorate is considering voting for Labour.
Polly? Getting mixed signals from Pol. Best not disturb her today; she is getting a bit of a kicking today from her readers.
My Blogs readers… No, wait, this is getting embarrassing… I almost forgot, but 92% of them want Brown to resign.
What about Gordon Browns Cabinet, they must support him and his claims on the economy…
Let’s see, The Foreign Secretary? No, that’s David Miliband, he was going to run a campaign against Gordon Brown Last year. Nobody, not even Gordon Brown thinks David Miliband trusts Grodon Brown.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary? Well she is supportive, but then again she is making massive amounts of money from the position Gordon put her in, she would have to back him, he is probably keeping a public enquiry from her door.
Jack Straw? haven’t heard from him in a while… hmmm, wonder where the Justice Secretary is?
Ed Balls? No, done that one already.
Labour MP’s. They will of course support their leader. They have to, it’s their job to, and they wouldn’t want to make dear Gordon cry again. Come to think of it, a lot of them will be out of a job soon, they are probably less happy..
I t seems I may am struggling to find a credible example of somebody who will back Gordon Brown’s economic policies, and actually for him to remain as Prime Minister. Is there anybody left that does?
Oh wait of course there is. I forgot, there is the BBC and the EU.
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