Gordon Brown Is A Disaster

[Stewie_McGriffin]

I can see where you're coming from Warren (apologies - I don't know how to attach quotes.)

The Tories may well have invented PFI, but it was the labour government who insisted on using it to fund almost everything in sight. Schools, or should that be the Coca-Cola Academies of Excellence, are being built using shoddy materials at stupidly high prices. Whilst I agree that the Tories won't cancel the old contracts - it doesn't stop Labour from refusing to sign new ones. An interesting point is that the Olympic Committee has refused to use PFI on its new stadia etc...on the basis that its too expensive!

Again I can see your point regarding Network Rail. However, the system is beaurocratic beyond belief. Being too young to remember British Rail (although I've heard plenty about them), I actually think re-nationalisation of the railways is the way forward. Until then, we'll have 4 carriage trains running on routes that previously had 10 carriages, standing room only on long distance inter-city services, services that magically take 25 mins to get from Bolton to Manchester, but only 15 on the way out (due to the fact that penalties will only be charged when the train is late into its final destination), Arriva agreeing to increase capacity on certain routes, not by introducing bigger trains, but by removing toilets from current ones, while simultaneously increasing prices by 3.4%.

On house prices, I can see that in some areas, prices aren't as high as others (obviously), but the fact is that for many, a ?200,000 house isn't an extravagance, its a 2-bed semi.

[Stewie_McGriffin]

warren zevon rip wrote:


>
> If you really want to quote WZR's words of wisdom, just click
> "quote" on the reply box when you reply to one of my posts, but
> make sure you are using the "reply to this message" command.


Success??

[Sam Slater]

Success indeed. Just remember that using the quote button is the vulgar way, which the proletariat around these parts use when quoting others.

If you're of the bourgeoisie, like myself, then a more acceptable -for a person of such social standing-, and refined way of quoting others is thus:

[ quote ] Entering your quote here. [ /quote ] - though, without the gaps I kindly inserted, to make the process viewable.

The finished article will look so:

[quote]Master Slater is a generous, and witty soul, who just happens to be top of one's league in European Fantasy Football right now.[/quote]

I hope you find this useful for future quotations!

[Sam Slater]

171st in the whole of Europe! That's a WHOLE CONTINENT!

[Stewie_McGriffin]

Have I started something I shouldn't have???

[mart]

Why does Mr. Broon persist in turning a blind eye (yes I know its a cruel pun) on the rip-off PFIs?
Every issue of Private Eye carries at least one report on the latest con.
There's been very clear evidence for some time that the comparisons vis a vis public expenditure have been fudged. If I was a cynic I might be thinking that some people in power are getting very big backhanders.

Martynz