On 13/05/2010 6:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I think that that was Mervyn King the Governor of the Bank of England.
>> >  And your wife is correct about being out of power for a generation.
> Could be, that sounds familiar (I'd ask her, but she's off at a class at
> the moment).
>

I looked it up. :-)

> So there is a silver lining.:-)
>

Maybe, We had 18 years of Tories then 13 years of Tories (New Labour) 
and the Lib Dems turn out to be Tories now :-(

>>> >>  So if you're not a fan of the Tories, this is a really good thing.
>>> >>

I'm not a happy bunny ATM

>>> >>
>> >  The 1st Duke of Wellington and the 2nd Earl Grey will be turning in
>> >  their graves at the thought of the Whigs and Tories in coalition.
> Well, yeah - I found*that*  to be quite surprising, the Lib Dems and
> Labor are a much more natural pairing (though that didn't make for a
> majority either).

True.

>I think the Lib Dems have played this quite well, 20
> cabinet seats and a fair amount of deniability for policies the Tories
> put in place.

Yeah politicians, not a principle between them.

>
> But I know that many in Scotland are apoplectic over the coalition.  That
> can only help the SNP, right?  (I don't know enough about the SNP to know
> if that's a good thing or not, but it*sounds*  like it is).
>

Tartan Tories!

OK that is what they were 40 years ago but it still riles them. :-D

>>>>> >>>>  And on the speed they formed one. Here it often takes months to form
>>>>> >>>>  a government.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>  But the world will stop turning if we don’t have a government, so the
>>>> >>>  politicians say.:-P
>>> >>
>>> >>  Certainly their world will stop turning.;-)
>>> >>
>>> >>
>> >  Especially if no one noticed.
> LOL, too true.
>

Oh! Yes :-D

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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