B-BBC’s Alan observes;
Funny how the BBC can always remember this from 20 years ago in 1991 from Norman Lamont:
‘Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we have had to pay to get inflation down. That price is well worth paying.’
but have so far managed to ignore this from Labour:
‘One of Ed Miliband’s closest allies has described rising unemployment and inflation as ‘an orgasmic wet dream‘ for the Left. Jon Trickett, Labour spokesman for the Cabinet Office, claimed some Left-wingers were celebrating the rise in joblessness, as well as the public sector wage freeze and changes to civil service pensions.
Mr Trickett spoke at the launch of a group called Winning Labour, which promotes a bigger role for the trade unions inside the party. He told the meeting at Leeds Civic Hall in July last year: ‘We’re living through amazing times. For anyone on the Left… it’s like an orgasmic wet dream. ‘Think about it: Capitalism in crisis again; unemployment’s on the rise and so is inflation.’ ‘
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123767/Miliband-aide-filmed-saying-unemployment-inflation-grubby-dream-Left.html#ixzz1qrm3wo9o
and curious how ‘out of touch’ politicians are such a new phenomenom…or are they?:
‘There is something wrong with the way in which we make our decisions. The Government listen too much to the pollsters and the party managers. The trouble is that they are not even very good at politics, and they are entering too much into policy decisions. As a result, there is too much short-termism, too much reacting to events, and not enough shaping of events. We give the impression of being in office but not in power. Far too many important decisions are made for 36 hours’ publicity.’
Norman Lamont again in 1993.
OT : Beeboid coverage of the Falklands anniversery getting a kicking from the comentators on Guido’s .
They managed to;
a) Big up the Argies
b) Avoid mentioning Tories / Thatchers’ involvement
c) Downplay a good away win.
Must have taken some doing, even for a beeboid editor !
If Trickett thinks “It’s an orgasmic wet dream for the left” ( he always was as thick as s**t ) then pray what is iy for Respect, ” a chicken tikka masala and popadom “.
He’s only saying what they’re all thinking. Similar smiles play on the lips of Beeboids fairly regularly.
Is the video still on YouTube? I can’t see it there.
Of course if they wanted the inside track on Labour’s economic policy the BBC could use the expertise and knowledge of Stephanie Flanders who dated Eds Balls and Millibrand. Surely even floundering Flanders must remember some of their policies!
Meanwhile floudering Flanders has returned from holiday (last blog post 21st of March) to declare
“there will surely be plenty more zigs and zags in the UK recovery before 2012 is done. ”
as in we might get better or worse.. the replies to this are not always complimentary.
“This is unbelievable. What you are saying is that because the economy is not performing in a predictable way, economists are finding it hard to forecast. If the econmoy was predictable, wouldn’t we all be able to forecast it ? What is the point of economists at all if they can only predict what the rest of us can ?”
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