Comments on: Conjectures http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/ The idle musings of John B Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:23:21 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Neil http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98908 Neil Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:48:03 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98908 Tangentally, isn't 'MSM' one of those phrases like 'mainstream medicine'? Like they always say, if alternative medicine worked it <i>would be</i> mainstream medicine... Tangentally, isn’t ‘MSM’ one of those phrases like ‘mainstream medicine’?

Like they always say, if alternative medicine worked it would be mainstream medicine…

]]> By: Matthew http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98901 Matthew Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:32:19 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98901 I remember reading on the day of the budget that spending was going to be cut in those years, surely? I remember reading on the day of the budget that spending was going to be cut in those years, surely?

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98853 Mark Wadsworth Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:40:59 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98853 Just because Fraser Nelson is a bit of a knobhead sometimes/often (delete according to taste) doesn't detract from the fact that Balls is a lying piece of sh*t, in this and in a thousand other matters. We might as well debate on the subject of "If Ed Balls tells a big fat lie in a forest and nobody hears him, is it still a lie?" Just because Fraser Nelson is a bit of a knobhead sometimes/often (delete according to taste) doesn’t detract from the fact that Balls is a lying piece of sh*t, in this and in a thousand other matters.

We might as well debate on the subject of “If Ed Balls tells a big fat lie in a forest and nobody hears him, is it still a lie?”

]]> By: David Duff http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98835 David Duff Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:09 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98835 Based on your injunctions, Mr. Band, I have decided to always do the opposite of what you advise. After all, if I, and the MSM, had "ignored" the "idiot" Fraser Nelson none of us would have known that buried in the HMG's own red book was the *fact* that they intend to cut spending, not raise it. Similarly, our suspicions that Brown & Balls are about as trustworthy as Madoff & Enron would not have been so spectacularly confirmed as they have been. Even so, I cannot but admire the way you gallantly lead the charge against impossible odds - anyone who attempts to uphold the reputation of Mr. Balls as a truth-teller deserves the MacBride Medal for Mendacity! Based on your injunctions, Mr. Band, I have decided to always do the opposite of what you advise. After all, if I, and the MSM, had “ignored” the “idiot” Fraser Nelson none of us would have known that buried in the HMG’s own red book was the *fact* that they intend to cut spending, not raise it. Similarly, our suspicions that Brown & Balls are about as trustworthy as Madoff & Enron would not have been so spectacularly confirmed as they have been.

Even so, I cannot but admire the way you gallantly lead the charge against impossible odds – anyone who attempts to uphold the reputation of Mr. Balls as a truth-teller deserves the MacBride Medal for Mendacity!

]]> By: Neil http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98805 Neil Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:51:43 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98805 s/Ed Balls/Emmanuel Goldstein/ s/Ed Balls/Emmanuel Goldstein/

]]> By: Matthew http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98802 Matthew Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:21:46 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98802 It would be easier to take Fraser Nelson's protests if he didn't engage in ...ahem.. creative accountancy (and blatant one at that) himself. This piece is full of it. http://irishtribesman.blogspot.com/2005/09/british-prosperity-on-par-with-poorest.html It would be easier to take Fraser Nelson’s protests if he didn’t engage in …ahem.. creative accountancy (and blatant one at that) himself. This piece is full of it.

http://irishtribesman.blogspot.com/2005/09/british-prosperity-on-par-with-poorest.html

]]> By: Peter Risdon http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98799 Peter Risdon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:03:08 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98799 No, Balls is a liar because what he said was untrue. He did not talk about debt as a proportion of GDP, but debt, and he was talking to a general audience. This is pure sophistry. No, Balls is a liar because what he said was untrue.

He did not talk about debt as a proportion of GDP, but debt, and he was talking to a general audience.

This is pure sophistry.

]]> By: John B http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98796 John B Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:46:25 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98796 No, the point is that Balls is only a liar if you take a particularly halfwitted interpretation of what he said, per Mr Nelson. No, the point is that Balls is only a liar if you take a particularly halfwitted interpretation of what he said, per Mr Nelson.

]]> By: ScotsToryB http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/comment-page-1/#comment-98776 ScotsToryB Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:03:44 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2009/06/30/conjectures/#comment-98776 And Balls is what then? Not worthy of criticism? I think the point is that Balls has been proven a liar not that you do not rate Nelson. STB. And Balls is what then?

Not worthy of criticism?

I think the point is that Balls has been proven a liar not that you do not rate Nelson.

STB.

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