tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post9135276363805959955..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: What 'prizes' does he have in mind?John Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-74361476272793779442020-11-27T11:54:18.665+00:002020-11-27T11:54:18.665+00:00I have never supported ring-fencing lines in any b...I have never supported ring-fencing lines in any budget and Westminster has a rule that no current administration should pass laws that bind future administrations – very wise as it protects law makers from ‘government from the grave’.<br />There is a mechanism that prevents chaotic swings between administrations and adds a degree of continuity and that is the monarch, who by the grace of God sets out in their coronation what values they and their governments will defend and makes a contract with her subjects. This in a way is a type of ‘written constitution’ but in human form apart from the fact she is plugged into a higher relationship with the Anglican Christian God than those who she reigns over – you could not make this up ,but there it is<br />Foreign aid and defence, have these ‘ring-fenced targets’ and are rife with mis- spending over the years and of course with the aid budget it was Spliff Cameron that introduce this law – God how I miss him ,but need I say more.<br />I could not see Brother Corbyn accepting a defence spend target, if he became PM and neither a Britain First Tory accepting the aid budget, so they become political footballs and much damage is done to both.<br />I have found that the best budgets, address financial realities/scenarios and are free of constraints handed down to them from te past.<br />Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-40886929541071870032020-11-20T15:52:45.164+00:002020-11-20T15:52:45.164+00:002 statements that sum it up neatly
"Inconsi...2 statements that sum it up neatly <br /><br />"Inconsistent and incoherent are inadequate words to describe announcing a hopelessly overhyped and underfunded ‘green revolution’ one day and a commitment to an increase in spending on armaments the next." <br /><br />"independence offers a way out of excessive and outdated militarism."<br /><br />As of overhyped and underfunded I'm not sure about that as the prospective green revolution lacks any kind of definition. If recent performance is any kind of guide it will be a scammer's paradise as likes of the odious Monbiot turn up to rewild Wales whether we like it or not. Pollution is largely a metropolitan problem. Wasteful city dwellers wanting to retain their lifestyles and trappings bt displacing their pain and inconvenience onto others. My answer to them is summed up in a common 2 word expletive. dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com