tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post2103589562525968442..comments2024-02-09T19:44:17.241+00:00Comments on AngloAustria: Serves him right: George Osborne fighting for his political lifeJack Maturinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903651577858853608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-10151722103852458882008-10-24T10:09:00.000+01:002008-10-24T10:09:00.000+01:00Ah, you obviously haven't heard the other part of ...Ah, you obviously haven't heard the other part of the rumour then! ;-)<BR/><BR/>I'll let you work it out.Jack Maturinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903651577858853608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-56905339475211610632008-10-23T14:18:00.000+01:002008-10-23T14:18:00.000+01:00Hague Gay (rumoured)???? How can he be? He's marri...Hague Gay (rumoured)???? How can he be? He's married to yummy Ffion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-59745046020868471652008-10-22T20:13:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:13:00.000+01:00Yes, he was similarly inept with Paxman. But he's...Yes, he was similarly inept with Paxman. But he's going to be damn sight better than Osborne, and this time he will have a single brief and only be up against the "Beria" of Darling, rather than the "Stalin" of Brown, or the "Trotsky" of Blair.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Redwood would IMHO be a closer fit to Austrian economics, but alas he comes across as an Alien and nobody will ever forget his attempt to whistle the Welsh national anthem.<BR/><BR/>All in all, politics is a snake pit, and none of them are really up to much except getting re-elected to help themselves even more to the till.<BR/><BR/>But here's the rub. I met Hague once, shook his hand, and I liked him. That's all I can say. I even met him in the presence of his rumoured gay lover, Sebastian Coe, but I still liked him.<BR/><BR/>What can you do? :-)Jack Maturinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903651577858853608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-6492666140430888182008-10-22T18:57:00.000+01:002008-10-22T18:57:00.000+01:00Re Hague as a potential shadow chancellor:I though...Re Hague as a potential shadow chancellor:<BR/><BR/>I thought that at first as his parliamentary skills are first rate. But then I remembered the 2001 (?) election campaign when he was leader of the Tories. More specifically I remembered his interview with Roger Boulton on Sky News where he got torn apart over tax policy. Maybe its unfair to judge him by that alone but its sort of sticks in the memory and makes me wodner if he is truly up to holding the chancellor brief. I may be wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com