tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post6549268399068071038..comments2024-03-28T19:03:24.043+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: Money, money, moneyTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-2191587097221560012010-10-21T15:36:54.283+01:002010-10-21T15:36:54.283+01:00You have snow? Oh my goodness.You have snow? Oh my goodness.Miss Whistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-71049341432258031892010-10-21T04:26:14.097+01:002010-10-21T04:26:14.097+01:00I wont comment on the first part of your post as I...I wont comment on the first part of your post as I know nothing on the subject but the images and the snow looked magical!Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-21468949853717597712010-10-21T00:55:57.739+01:002010-10-21T00:55:57.739+01:00I was up in Westminster today at around 5.30 and, ...I was up in Westminster today at around 5.30 and, early for an appointment, sat in College Gardens watching the telly and radio people getting ready for their 6.00 News interviews. I saw Nick Robinson in the FLESH! it was soooo exciting! I felt like I was in the 'West Wing'. I'd even forgotten the pain of the cuts in my excitement.Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-4283844946640654442010-10-20T23:31:05.025+01:002010-10-20T23:31:05.025+01:00Oh, if only some of the magic that abounds on your...Oh, if only some of the magic that abounds on your walks could be cast over the current political and economic milieu of Blighty.Tilda Drake esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05951932148356358050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-91532104218215598742010-10-20T22:32:18.432+01:002010-10-20T22:32:18.432+01:00I was cursing being in a conference all day and aw...I was cursing being in a conference all day and away from rolling news. Unfortunately as a civil servant this stuff is rather too close to home even though my zone is relatively shielded from job cuts. Generally I would also agree with Colby (although emotionally I do have trouble with being told to tighten my belt by someone with a whopping trust fund to fall back on).Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-42492928822901346292010-10-20T21:22:25.802+01:002010-10-20T21:22:25.802+01:00Oh how I agree with so much of what you say. And ...Oh how I agree with so much of what you say. And of how unworthy my puny efforts to say anything similar seems.<br /><br />If, as Colby has so eloquently said, there could be a new politics, really. One where what is needed is the starting point for debate, and where the first rule of opposition was to question but not of necessity oppose - how much further forward we might be.<br /><br />And forward is where all should be looking. Finger pointing has only one benefit - and that's if they are auditioning for ET Pt II. <br /><br />I do so hope that the strategy works - and that some form of 'Big Society' closes around and upholds those who are hit hardest. <br /><br />ps. Hope you are fully better.BrightYangThinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160676752288900248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-10166073788834145072010-10-20T19:03:55.001+01:002010-10-20T19:03:55.001+01:00Oh, the first snowfall is so magical, isn't it...Oh, the first snowfall is so magical, isn't it? I'm still waiting for it in my particular Swiss alpine valley, and no doubt by the time March comes around it will have lost its sparkle and I'll be moaning and longing for it to b*gger off (I always do).<br /><br />But the first dusting; it thrills me anew, every year.Imogenehttp://hypotemuse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-30560007166075670712010-10-20T18:23:06.125+01:002010-10-20T18:23:06.125+01:00I also long for the common good which seems to hav...I also long for the common good which seems to have been lost. People want to blame others for the problem and shout about that rather than rolling up their sleeves and addressing it in a thought out and well planned manner. I want it to be about people not ideology but I see that those things do get rather jumbled.<br /><br />Thanks for the lovely winter photos. It soothed me and made me less worried about my personal future as a result of all that jazz.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414010663277948166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-35056097094837174722010-10-20T17:55:50.123+01:002010-10-20T17:55:50.123+01:00Colby - fabulous comment. I am agreeing so much th...Colby - fabulous comment. I am agreeing so much that my ears are practically on fire. How I long for the common good.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-72285598987382865152010-10-20T17:50:55.694+01:002010-10-20T17:50:55.694+01:00The trouble, as I see it anyway, is the assumption...The trouble, as I see it anyway, is the assumption that conservatives and liberals are fighting each other. The problem that they want to address -- the economy, domestic spending, aid, and so on -- is their actual opponent. If the two "sides" realised that they were standing together, that their opponent was simply the problem to be solved, they could expend much less energy vilifying each other and put it into working together to find common ground.Colby Kavanaghnoreply@blogger.com