tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post8333961772936330406..comments2024-03-28T04:29:22.717+00:00Comments on mainly macro: The Autumn Statement and buckets of waterMainly Macrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984575852247982901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-22767395860764030872016-11-29T14:57:15.833+00:002016-11-29T14:57:15.833+00:00Those are bad even by my standards - thanks.Those are bad even by my standards - thanks.Mainly Macrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984575852247982901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-39664681075306020702016-11-29T09:52:06.148+00:002016-11-29T09:52:06.148+00:00Once the sprinkler system has been turned off at t...Once the sprinkler system has been turned off at the mains, you discover that your house was not on fire at all.<br />In fact, you find that your unruly teenage son had let off a distress flare in the living room, scorching the carpet and curtains, but not causing a potentially catastrophic fire. To be fair, you had let him dick around with fireworks for the last 10 years, so he thought this was an OK way to behave.<br />Unfortunately, the water from your sprinkler system has wrecked every room in your house. Carpets ruined, wallpaper and plaster coming off the walls, beds and sofa soaked. The internet doesn't work, and the telly is knackered.<br />And you don't even have any money for a new telly 'cos you spent it all on that sprinkler system.StuartPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748038209546648459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-16906708049683178882016-11-29T01:29:55.411+00:002016-11-29T01:29:55.411+00:00'Omission' I think is a typo. 'Admissi...'Omission' I think is a typo. 'Admission', no? Actually, while I'm at it, 'explicit' is surely also a typo. It would be an implicit admission that 2010 austerity was a mistake, wouldn't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115423820938009661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-29936782997844755272016-11-28T14:57:40.759+00:002016-11-28T14:57:40.759+00:00Why Vote Conservative? Paperback – 17 Feb 1997 by ...Why Vote Conservative? Paperback – 17 Feb 1997 by David Willetts (Author)<br /><br />That pretty sensible David Willetts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-61769939358756810382016-11-28T14:03:14.870+00:002016-11-28T14:03:14.870+00:00Just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your b...Just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your blog.<br /><br />After reading you for 2 years I might even be improving my knowledge of economy, which being a lawyer, was a bit flaky to start with, although I did work for a few years as an adviser to the Belgian Minister of Finance on environmental taxation.<br /><br />Your efforts to inform are a real service to the thinking public and I admire your dedication to this generous cause.<br /><br />Keep it up!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />MichaelMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230600576173877942noreply@blogger.com