Vince Cable - muppet

[Simster]

I agree with Cable, the Coalition agrees with Cable, the CBI agrees with Cable and the Mayor Of London agrees with Cable. He speaks for a lot of people.

Thank God this government has got the balls to warn the unions of the danger of strike action. And as a business owner I'm fed up paying stupid amounts of PAYE/NI, VAT and CT so it can be spunked away by the public sector.

As for the death of the Liberal Democrats, it's a 5-year Parliament so 4 years to go. Let's see what shape the country's in then before passing judgement - these "knee-jerk" reactions that blame everything on Clegg and the Lib Dems are naive.

1) He's not warning the unions of the danger of strike action. He is THREATENING them.
2) I'd guess that a fraction of your "stupid amounts" of PAYE/NI/VAT/CT go towards allowing the public sector to live this disgraceful life of luxury you seem so upset about. The rest goes on benefits (some of it fraudulent), stupid wars we can't afford and subsidising the super rich who avoid their dues.
3) Knee-jerk my arse. Clegg and Cable are getting slaughtered because they are coming out with some absolute bollocks and/or doing a piss poor job of championing their own party's successes in government - which in itself is crass incompetence for a politician, IMO.

 

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Vince's Cable

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

1) He's not warning the unions of the danger of strike action. He is THREATENING them.

Quite.

There may be a really good case for threatening the unions with a good kicking when the dead lie unburied, and the country is reduced to a three day week and you get random power cuts threatening hospitals and everybody else who depends on electricity, not many people would argue with that, but to do it now beggars belief. Sooner we get a General Election and these Lib Dem c unts are reduced to about three percent of the vote, the better.

 

[Simster]

these Lib Dem c unts are reduced to about three percent of the vote, the better.

I'm not anti-Lib Dem, just anti-this shower of shite.

I'm not voting for them until Clegg and Cable are out of the way.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And what exactly is wrong with telling the Unions a few facts of life?

... and there's nothing wrong with an unelected coalition government being told that they govern only as long as they have the consent of the people. Lose it, and they will collapse.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

NEW LABOUR BROKE OUR COUNTRY?

Which isn't quite true is it because in actual fact it's the mass exodus of manufacturing to low cost economies and Mrs Thatchers determination to create a service based economy where there simply isn't the demand for those services.

We now see that even the service sector jobs are disappearing to those low cost economies.

What New Labour did which was criminal was to indebt the Country by signing up to public-private partnerships at rates that were advantageous to the private sector, not to the Treasury. So in a sense the private sector is to blame as well for being overly greedy.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I'm not anti-Lib Dem, just anti-this shower of shite.

I'm not either. They're sort of FLUFFY. Or at least their supporters are. But this coalition experience, their one shot at any kind of power, has seen them done up like a kipper by the Tories who are at least honest in their hatred of anything that has a social value rather than a private price. Hope the Lib Dem politicians enjoyed their one shot at having to be taken seriously - cos they won't ever get a second shot.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Why the Lib Dem bashing on this story? Obsbourne has come out in suport of everything Cable has said. The Tories and Lib Dems are singing from the same hymn sheet on this one.

And why do people have a problem with politicians "talking tough"? Afraid someone's feelings might get hurt? This "blame" culture makes me sick, it's all the Lib Dems fault etc etc.

 

[Bognor Bystander]

What was he supposed to say - Thanks for inviting me and hope you all go on strike and bring the country to it's knees ? He's got a point to make and said it to their faces, so he's not as 'popular' as he was before he said it - big deal.

 

[User removed 4]

The institutionalised criminals of the Banking Sector broke our country. And every other country also. Fact.

What about those that worked for the banks for years , surely they are guilty by association ?

 

[User removed 4]

Quite.

There may be a really good case for threatening the unions with a good kicking when the dead lie unburied, and the country is reduced to a three day week and you get random power cuts threatening hospitals and everybody else who depends on electricity, not many people would argue with that, but to do it now beggars belief. Sooner we get a General Election and these Lib Dem c unts are reduced to about three percent of the vote, the better.

So that you can vote for the party that brought us er, unburied dead?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What about those that worked for the banks for years , surely they are guilty by association ?

What about those that worked for the banks for years , surely they are guilty by association ?

Unfortunately us IT types could only do away with 95% of the work the greed-monkeys do. If only we'd cracked that final 5% we'd have saved the world, instead of having to leave it to Gordon Brown. (looking forward to you correcting my post with your one trick)

 

[Simster]

What about those that worked for the banks for years , surely they are guilty by association ?

I know you're trying to expose THPP as some sort of hypocrite, but surely he was just going where the work was? It's not really his fault that the banking sector has gone relatively unregulated for far too long, where single trades have lead to the collapse of entire institutions.

Your politics confuse me. You are happy to stand up for the rights of LU train drivers to go on strike, but have yet to post an opinion on here of Cable threatening unions if they dare to go on strike. Do you think that's right then?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

So that you can vote for the party that brought us er, unburied dead?

Is that the best you got?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I know you're trying to expose THPP as some sort of hypocrite, but surely he was just going where the work was?

Cheers for the support. But not needed. Sure I've worked for the banking sector before, will happily work for it again. Me and the cleaners and the dinner ladies and the security guards also. I've met a lot of good people there. Will do again. but institutionalised greed brought the world to its knees and the fly guys know exactly who they are. Example: Goldman may yet be terminally f***ed due to knowingly selling doomed mortgage products to clients. Pure criminals.

 

[User removed 4]

Unfortunately us IT types could only do away with 95% of the work the greed-monkeys do. If only we'd cracked that final 5% we'd have saved the world, instead of having to leave it to Gordon Brown. (looking forward to you correcting my post with your one trick)

Why have you quoted me twice ? Anyway, you're mounting the same sort of " I was only following orders" defence that the nazis used after WW2, you facilitated what they did, end of story.

 

[User removed 4]

Is that the best you got?

It's a very pertinent question, one you will no doubt try and wriggle out of answering.

 

[User removed 4]

I know you're trying to expose THPP as some sort of hypocrite, but surely he was just going where the work was? It's not really his fault that the banking sector has gone relatively unregulated for far too long, where single trades have lead to the collapse of entire institutions.

Your politics confuse me. You are happy to stand up for the rights of LU train drivers to go on strike, but have yet to post an opinion on here of Cable threatening unions if they dare to go on strike. Do you think that's right then?

I honestly havent seen what he's said, enlighten me ?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Why have you quoted me twice ? Anyway, you're mounting the same sort of " I was only following orders" defence that the nazis used after WW2, you facilitated what they did, end of story.

Like I say, is that the best you got?

 

[Simster]

Read the link in my first post. This thread is about Cable's remarks, not whether or not THPP is a hypocrite for daring to work in IT for the banking sector.