Comments on: Cold comfort

By: Jan Miller

Jan Miller — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:16:17 +0000

Anne,

I believe it is 80% (not 70%) of your laws that are instigated in Brussels (EU) that leaves about 20% remaining. But you also now have assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London – presumably they are doing some work? What percentage does that leave for the two chambers in Westminster doing? Perhaps they only a few years left.

By: cherry bear

cherry bear — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:49:08 +0000

Well, what do you expect from ex russian-style army officer working as a politician? If he can at least repair shoes, he might be useful. Political scene is full of public parasites and termites as Topolanek. Finally he knows better that PhD will surely find any work he needs. Please pack and send a brick to Tupolanek.

By: Julien

Julien — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:26:49 +0000

LOL Kazimierz!

I’m afraid I don’t have more money. But if we agree with the chinese and the americans we can lower the productivity.

So, work less, live more! (hey, with the same money OK?)

By: Kazimierz

Kazimierz — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:51:16 +0000

Off topic a bit.
Employment x productivity = production i.e. supply.
But supply = demand.
So, employment x productivity = demand.

So, to raise employment we need to raise demand (or to lower productivity, but we don’t want to do that).

So, shop shop shop till you drop.

By: Julien

Julien — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:20:29 +0000

.. just teasing you.. It was too tempting, couldn’t resist.

By: Julien

Julien — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:16:20 +0000

Anne, just axe the upper house and keep the lower house as a tourist atraction. EP is more than enough

By: Anne Palmer

Anne Palmer — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:03:53 +0000

Cold comfort indeed. It makes me wonder whose fault it is there are so many out of work? So many people have not just lost their jobs, but they have lost their homes too. The once place here in the UK where no one has lost their jobs is in our Parliament. We still have two ‘Houses’ with a full compliment of people in each. WHY?

We understand, and many more people are now beginning to understand that about 70% of our laws are actually instigated in the EU (Brussels) that leaves about 30% for our own MP’s to do, BUT should Lisbon become active, will there be anything else left for National Parliaments or National Governments to do? Do we continue to vote for them or my goodness, should we continue to pay them their high “wages” and those vast expences that so many have taken advantage of?

Answer me that Honor please.