tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post8174957697209309731..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Rocks and hard placesJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-78946849097761206882014-09-12T06:15:57.350+01:002014-09-12T06:15:57.350+01:00The difference between Gerry Holtham not seeing an...The difference between Gerry Holtham not seeing any change forthcoming and Gordon Brown not seeing any change forthcoming is that the one is an observer predicting that nothing will happen even though it should, whilst the other is a participant saying what his party will or won't do, who doesn't even understand the need. One is a prediction; the other a promise - not at all the same thing.<br /><br /><i>"one person's need is another person's greed"</i> In the sense that the greed of the few causes need in the many, I'd have to agree. But I rather suspect that isn't what you meant.<br /><br /><i>"If we in Wales want more we need to start to make more and contribute more."</i><br /><br />And I sort of agree with you on that as well. But it is only likely to happen if we start taking full responsibility for our own future. But I'm guessing that you didn't mean that either.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-68192558284615825292014-09-11T00:33:25.801+01:002014-09-11T00:33:25.801+01:00Sorry, but I think you are rather out of date here...Sorry, but I think you are rather out of date here.<br /><br />Gerry Holtham, a man that many have time for, myself included, doesn't see any likely change in the Barnett formula over the coming years. And, in part, this is due to the recent recession having narrowed the various differentials.<br /><br />For my own part, one person's need is another person's greed. And the same thinking applies to many regions throughout the UK.<br /><br />If we in Wales want more we need to start to make more and contribute more. Sadly, I rarely see any politician telling Welsh voters the realities of life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-8075756562335888792014-09-10T08:27:48.995+01:002014-09-10T08:27:48.995+01:00"... the No Campaign are lining the currency ...<i>"... the No Campaign are lining the currency union up as a trap in case they can't win ..."</i><br /><br />I really don't think that their strategy is anything like as well worked out as that. I suspect that they never thought for a moment that they could lose, and therefore felt free to say more or less anything they liked.<br /><br />But if it all goes horribly wrong (for them!), and they have to face up to a new reality on September 19th, then everything changes. Anything that they've said in the run-up to the referendum is just "politicians' promises" - they'll have no problem doing the opposite once the dust has settled. Indeed, I'd even go so far as to suggest that many voters have already discounted much of what they say on that basis. The little boy who cries wolf always has trouble with his credibility.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-68302831748771569952014-09-09T17:50:48.182+01:002014-09-09T17:50:48.182+01:00I don't know about anyone else, but to me the ...I don't know about anyone else, but to me the No Campaign are lining the currency union up as a trap in case they can't win and have to enter post YES negotiations, with all three Unionist parties saying in the past few days that there will have to be a referendum in England, Wales and NI before they agree the policy and of course it's likely to be a resounding no and cause problems to a newly independent Scotland.<br /><br />I hope im wrong, but logical thinking is out the window and hatred of Alex Salmond and the SNP is driving UK party thinking. Bored of Labournoreply@blogger.com