This sums it up pretty well

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Presented with an easy tap-in, George Osborne managed to miss. He spoke
with relish about "the slow, lingering death of Northern Rock and of Britain's
reputation as a fi nancial centre ...

"The prime minister and chancellor have dithered their way to disaster. He
will never recover his reputation for competence; he is now politically a dead
man walking."

It wasn't bad; it just sounded slightly hysterical. And of course the Tories
don't have a policy of their own — or rather, they have several contradictory
policies of their own.

So Mr Darling was able to accuse him of "cynical opportunism", which is what
ministers always say when they make a dreadful mistake and the opposition
points it out.

Posted By: Old Git on February 19th 2008 at 10:35:59

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I was in at 6am to round up the morning's papers today (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 09:15:33
- You can't judge a book by its cover - but in Richard Littlejohn's case... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 19, 09:40:24
  - I love this bit: (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 19, 10:01:31
    - I like Jeremy Clarkson though (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 19, 10:16:20
      - i have read Clarkson's World (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 19, 10:31:09
        
        I'm reading 'The World According to Clarkson' at the moment... (General Chat) - Brom, Feb 19, 10:33:38
        
        yeah that's the one (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 19, 10:34:35
        
        Not sure, I'm about 2/3 through it... (General Chat) - Brom, Feb 19, 10:36:27
        
        or *The World According to Clarkson* as it's more well known (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 19, 10:33:23
      - My opinion of Clarkson changed when I discovered he had punched Piers Morgan in the face. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 19, 10:30:39
    - the headline just makes me smile everytime for some reason (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 19, 10:14:43
  - as I said, I detest the man (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 09:54:03
    - I don't know, I don't know (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 19, 10:01:36
      - indeed (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 10:07:24
        
        It's definitely a governmental failure in regulatory terms (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 19, 10:13:47
        
        yep (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 10:18:09
        
        90k month - quite an important job though (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 19, 10:20:45
        
        Absurd as it may be (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 19, 10:25:24
        
        90k a month and not a finance qualification in sight (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 10:24:24
        
        be interesting to see the government repossessing (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 19, 10:23:53
        
        agree doy (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 10:26:12
        
        Red headed step-childer with massive great big thick black eyebrows. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 19, 10:27:34
        
        thought Darling came back reasonably well in the 5mins I watched yesterday (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 19, 10:30:45
        
        This sums it up pretty well (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 19, 10:35:59
        
        G E E K (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Feb 19, 10:10:30
        
        shurrup nonce (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 10:12:22
  - lol (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Feb 19, 09:52:26
  - LOL! (General Chat) - DICKY, Feb 19, 09:51:17
  - I think I've posted this before but it was ages ago, and it's very funny, so here goes: (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 19, 09:47:51
    - "Why? Does it suddenly turn into Tolstoy?" (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 19, 09:57:42
      - The one line about Tolstoy just tears Littledick to shreds. Absolutely brilliant. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 19, 09:59:30
        
        Anyone read Will Self's The Book of Dave? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 19, 10:02:48
        
        not yet (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 19, 10:39:29
        
        I liked both those too. The Book of Dave is not unlike Great Apes ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 19, 10:45:03
        
        When you'd punched through his skull into his brain, and his innards covered your torso (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 19, 10:04:53
        
        Predictions, please. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 19, 10:24:57
        
        half 8 (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Feb 19, 10:39:45
    - brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 09:53:41
- Daily Mail? (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Feb 19, 09:20:56
  - worthy of a 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Feb 19, 09:24:10

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