Comments on: One good jibe by Vince Cable doesn’t mean he’s up to running a bank http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bazman http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-681 Bazman Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:39:16 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-681 Has anyone asked where these billions are coming from? Seems a fair question! Has anyone asked where these billions are coming from? Seems a fair question!

]]> By: Simple Tory http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-680 Simple Tory Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:27:22 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-680 John, I read your blog a few weeks back about Cable's lack of qualifications in anything financial. What can be done to stop media like the BBC propogating his stupidity? I fear only option is to wait for him to make a bloody fool of himself. His temporary elevation in charge of the Liberals is one of the downsides of their boring leadership campaign. Quite annoying he did the Mr. Bean joke. ST John,
I read your blog a few weeks back about Cable's lack of qualifications in anything financial.
What can be done to stop media like the BBC propogating his stupidity?
I fear only option is to wait for him to make a bloody fool of himself.
His temporary elevation in charge of the Liberals is one of the downsides of their boring leadership campaign.
Quite annoying he did the Mr. Bean joke.
ST

]]> By: Neil Craig http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-679 Neil Craig Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:17:50 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-679 You are right. There is nothing nationalisation would do to make things easier for us, or the customers or the staff. I suspect the shareholders would, after litigation, get a better deal, but why is it our duty to achieve that. It boils done to whether you believe sir Humphry Appleby or Sir Richard Branson are more likely to make a success of it. Cable's suggestion is ridiculous. I did think his wish to abolish the DTI was the sort of radical innovation the Tories could have used - but that was the last election. On analysis his Stalin/Mr Bean comparison, while amusing, didn't actually mean anything. Brown never claimed to be Stalin, only his oponents did that. That they have changed their mind hardly reflects badly on Brown. It scored only because it got under Brown's skin. Whatever i think of Blair I have to say that he would just have done one of his "aw shucks" grins & said how pleased he was for the promotion. However charming, that is not what is supposed to make somebody fit to run government. You are right. There is nothing nationalisation would do to make things easier for us, or the customers or the staff. I suspect the shareholders would, after litigation, get a better deal, but why is it our duty to achieve that. It boils done to whether you believe sir Humphry Appleby or Sir Richard Branson are more likely to make a success of it. Cable's suggestion is ridiculous.

I did think his wish to abolish the DTI was the sort of radical innovation the Tories could have used – but that was the last election.

On analysis his Stalin/Mr Bean comparison, while amusing, didn't actually mean anything. Brown never claimed to be Stalin, only his oponents did that. That they have changed their mind hardly reflects badly on Brown. It scored only because it got under Brown's skin. Whatever i think of Blair I have to say that he would just have done one of his "aw shucks" grins & said how pleased he was for the promotion.

However charming, that is not what is supposed to make somebody fit to run government.

]]> By: Tony Makara http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-678 Tony Makara Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:12:21 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-678 I agree, it would be a mistake to nationalize Northern Rock. As you correctly say the British taxpayer shouldn't be the guarantor of a high-street bank. It is certainly amazing how the BBC promotes Mr Cable as being a font of economic knowledge. The only view we continue to hear on this issue is that of Vince Cable. The sensible and workable Redwood proposals do not get a hearing. Vince Cable's big idea about a quick-fix is naive to say the least. I agree, it would be a mistake to nationalize Northern Rock. As you correctly say the British taxpayer shouldn't be the guarantor of a high-street bank. It is certainly amazing how the BBC promotes Mr Cable as being a font of economic knowledge. The only view we continue to hear on this issue is that of Vince Cable. The sensible and workable Redwood proposals do not get a hearing. Vince Cable's big idea about a quick-fix is naive to say the least.

]]> By: Paul Danon http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-677 Paul Danon Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:11:01 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/12/08/one-good-jibe-by-vince-cable-doesnt-mean-hes-up-to-running-a-bank/#comment-677 As ever the BBC give inordinate coverage to the Liberals. They claim that airtime is in proportion to parliamentary strength and/or to the likelihood of forming a government, yet the Liberal presence is minuscule and they will probably never govern again. A man from Mars (or just France) watching the BBC in recent years would have thought that Messrs Steele, Ashdown and Kennedy were within a gnat's whisker of a Commons majority. Coverage of Sir Menzies, even before he was party-leader, was quasi-ministerial, not just in its frequency but in its obsequiousness. Imagine Mrs Beckett's getting as much coverage when she ran Labour after Mr Smith's death as Dr Cable is now getting. The Liberals have gone along with much that Labour has done (if not on Iraq) so it can't be claimed they're an alternative voice. No; we know why the BBC has always (going back to the days of Grimond and Thorpe) treated the Liberals as a potential party of government. As Greg Dyke more or less told students in Leeds a few years ago, the BBC sees itself as a campaigning-organisation with causes to fight and axes to grind. And a taxpayer-funded one at that. As ever the BBC give inordinate coverage to the Liberals. They claim that airtime is in proportion to parliamentary strength and/or to the likelihood of forming a government, yet the Liberal presence is minuscule and they will probably never govern again. A man from Mars (or just France) watching the BBC in recent years would have thought that Messrs Steele, Ashdown and Kennedy were within a gnat's whisker of a Commons majority. Coverage of Sir Menzies, even before he was party-leader, was quasi-ministerial, not just in its frequency but in its obsequiousness. Imagine Mrs Beckett's getting as much coverage when she ran Labour after Mr Smith's death as Dr Cable is now getting. The Liberals have gone along with much that Labour has done (if not on Iraq) so it can't be claimed they're an alternative voice. No; we know why the BBC has always (going back to the days of Grimond and Thorpe) treated the Liberals as a potential party of government. As Greg Dyke more or less told students in Leeds a few years ago, the BBC sees itself as a campaigning-organisation with causes to fight and axes to grind. And a taxpayer-funded one at that.

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