tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post1122231304387313072..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: The Dunkirk SpiritCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-85457987423157823092008-04-08T20:28:00.000+01:002008-04-08T20:28:00.000+01:00Is terminal 5 a plot by the irish - boss of BA o...Is terminal 5 a plot by the irish - boss of BA or revenge for armada by spanish BAA ?<BR/><BR/>Discsusted grange-over- sandsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-17366518289140206562008-04-08T13:52:00.000+01:002008-04-08T13:52:00.000+01:00Speak for yourself I `m feeling pretty chipper . T...Speak for yourself I `m feeling pretty chipper . The credit splurge is because people are hard up not stupid.I have always argued that the tax payer , especially that one income family group , is never far from zero and all this supposed prosperity has been illusory . <BR/><BR/>We have always been useless at big things but brilliant at small and medium sized cooperative things . The Normans built big useless castles and cathedrals we invented Parliament and created a literary tradition that soars above the Gothic arches in the mind. It must be awfully frustrating for the modernising progressive to find himself herding cats time after time . I like it .<BR/><BR/><BR/>There are some things I rather like in this piece which is , as always , a pleasure to read. I do wish you would stop confusing electoral accountability with handing an even more disproportionate amount of power to minorities in the centre. You would lose a referendum on PR and you know and you are actively seeking to subvert democracy by looking for a deal without a referendum.<BR/><BR/>I think the answer on Political disengagement is to let a load more money in. There are down sides true but at the moment we are in a glittering X Box world aith a 19th century drizzly vestry Political life. It all tends to reinforce the elitist language and exclusivity of the political class.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Bring on the show . Lets have some fun.Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-1169920832084453762008-04-07T14:45:00.000+01:002008-04-07T14:45:00.000+01:00Terminal 5 is a fiasco in so many ways, showing of...Terminal 5 is a fiasco in so many ways, showing off how deficient we have become in so many aspects of our society:<BR/><BR/>1) corporate: BA has done a total disservice to the UK's reputation and did little to make up for it. They treat their customers like rubbish knowing they have a new monopolistic terminal. And they do nothing to help. Shameful.<BR/><BR/>2) corporate 2: BAA has helped to create this nightmare and has said little to nothing -- and has made problems so much worse.<BR/><BR/>3) work ethic: sadly, the British worker now just don't do what they are paid to do. This is why companies are hiring Poles and other Eastern Europeans. Instead of complaining when things get difficult, why not try to keep working?<BR/><BR/>4) innovation: what innovation? T5 is an instrument of huge embarrassment to British engineering and design. It's a mess, from Gordon Ramsay's "inedible" steak to the luggage belts. Unfortunately it shows off the lack of innovation left in the UK these days.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Cicero, Brits need to reclaim a spirit of "can-do" and not just sit back and wish New Labour can either spin it away or import it away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com