Danny Alexander has a trillion reasons not to be cheerful | Politics | The Guardian

January 26, 2012 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Central Government, Coalition, David Cameron, Euro Crisis, George Osborne, Growth, Healthcare, Humour, Keynesian, Liberal Conservatism, Neoliberal, People, Politicians, Politics, Public Sector, Public Services Reform, Retired, Unemployment Tags: Cairngorms, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, David Cameron, Guardian, Public and Commercial Services Union, Public Sector, Trade union Leave a comment

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This sketch in the Guardian would be brilliantly funny if it was not so deadly serious. Check it out?

via Danny Alexander has a trillion reasons not to be cheerful | Politics | The Guardian.

Here are my questions on reflection:

How is it that a “former press officer for the Cairngorms national park” is the Coalition Government’s spokesman on the economy in Parliament when the Government faces the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s?
As a lifelong Tory supporter and passionate admirer of Lady Thatcher, why am I agreeing with Ed Balls on Economic Policy?

Sketch: Danny Alexander, the world’s most lethal guinea pig (telegraph.co.uk)
Political sketch: Debt tops £1tn, Gideon swans off (newstatesman.com)
Danny Alexander struggles to repair Clegg’s damage (newstatesman.com)
Politics Live: Danny Alexander statement on public sector pensions (guardian.co.uk)
Public sector pensions: Danny Alexander to make statement – The Guardian (guardian.co.uk)
Public sector pensions: Danny Alexander to make statement (guardian.co.uk)

We need a bigger public sector, says Ed Miliband – Telegraph

January 21, 2012 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Ed Miliband, Euro Crisis, Growth, Healthcare, Keynesian, Neoliberal, ordoliberalism, People, Politicians, Politics, Public Services Reform, Unemployment, Yin Yang Tags: David Cameron, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, GMB, Labour, Politics, Public Sector, Trade union 2 Comments

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This is an interesting article from the Telegraph and worth a read.

We need a bigger public sector, says Ed Miliband – Telegraph.

It’s a shame, I was just starting to listen a bit more to Ed Miliband’s speeches. It seems that he’s got hold of the wrong end of the stick on the austerity debate, in my opinion.

Ed Miliband backs Ed Balls over public-sector pay freeze | Politics | The Guardian (dralfoldman.wordpress.com)
Ed Miliband hits back at union boss (thesun.co.uk)
Trade union irritation with Ed Miliband boils into open rebellion (guardian.co.uk)
Alan Johnson: Unions are ‘delusional’, says MP in furious Ed Miliband defence – Telegraph.co.uk (telegraph.co.uk)
Under-Fire Miliband Attacks ‘Rip-Off Culture’ (news.sky.com)
Labour – Now Ed backs pay cuts (bbc.co.uk)
PMQs: Is David Cameron going easy on Ed Miliband? (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
Further blow for Ed Miliband as 70% of his followers say they don’t believe in him (dailymail.co.uk)
Analysis: What is the Problem with Ed Miliband? (ibtimes.com)
Ed Miliband backs Ed Balls’ stance on spending cuts (guardian.co.uk)

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