Comments on: A Chorus from Corus.

By: Saul

Saul — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:33:01 +0000

Anon, if you monitor a lot of politics, then you will know that Vera has done bugger all for her constituents.

And you challenge lazy thinking…when you can be bothered…

Says it all really.

By: Anna Raccoon

Anna Raccoon — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:56 +0000

How strange, ‘Allo Vera called in not ten mintues ago……

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:29:03 +0000

“You do come out of the starting blog like a greyhound every time I mention her.”

Either that or I’ve commented here two — now make that three — times.

I monitor a lot of politics and challenge lazy-thinking and over-simplifcation wherever I find it… When I can be bothered…

By: PT Barnum

PT Barnum — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:45:27 +0000

“Or for the self-employed: 80/52/dead.”

Made me laugh! Even though, at the moment, it’s 5 to 95/52/straitjacketed.

By: Anna Raccoon

Anna Raccoon — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:37:35 +0000

Anon,

No, I am perfectly well aware you are not Vera.
Vera has commented on this blog before, from her parliament computer, which is how I come to have her IP address.
You, however, have a completely different IP address, from a completely different address, so I know that you are not Vera.
You do come out of the starting blog like a greyhound every time I mention her, which makes me think that your only interest in this blog is monitoring her image.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:56:04 +0000

You actually think I am Vera don’t you?

By: davidc

davidc — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:31:41 +0000

‘ while she is clever, she is one of the foulest individuals they

By: Blink

Blink — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:27:22 +0000

have to agree with you FuwB – well done – been watching that other clown, Brown, at PMQs – had enough, he’s totally delusional and full of bananas

By: Fed up with Baird

Fed up with Baird — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:10:47 +0000

Vera Baird (aka Vera Taylor-Gooby) the public school educated Barrister (specialising in sex cases) never was much interested in the poor jerks in her constituency. Her goal was to bring in as many ultra feminist mysandrist laws as possible. It was her behind the no anonimity for alleged rapists (even if acquited), the dangerous pictures section of the criminal justice act (Martin Salter admitted as much early on in his ‘campaign’), the ban on teenagers kissing (2003 sex offenders act – go read it if you don’t believe me), the reduction in sentencing for women convicted of murdering men and the clampdown on prostitution under the guise of protecting trafficked women (although they couldn’t actually find any). Anybody that has met her generally agree that, while she is clever, she is one of the foulest individuals they’d ever encountered with a wildly over inflated sense of her own worth and an arrogant, dismissive attitude towards anyone that disagrees with her.

Anyway if she’s booted out she doesn’t really care much because she’ll just go back to practising (sexual) law which she’s an expert on because she drafted most of it. Mind you the pussy whipped wimps in Redcar will still vote for her next time despite the fact she helped shaft them.

I’ve never wished cancer on anyone but with her I’ll make an exception.

By: tomfiglio

tomfiglio — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:29:10 +0000

Don’t get sentimental about Corus workers. Their unions and managements negotiated unsustainable pay deals in the 1980s, and now we’re seeing the result. The steelworkers were well paid and well treated. Now they’re getting plenty of help retraining and finding new jobs, and will receive handsome redundancy or retirement packages. As a self-employed person I can’t afford any of this.

By: JohnRS

JohnRS — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:18:19 +0000

The only “outdated assumption” I can see is that we need leeches like Ms Vera Baird sucking our blood.

Why doesnt she just go an get a “proper job”? The kind where you have to do a full days work for a full days pay and can’t steal as much again from your customers in so-called expenses.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:06:02 +0000

40/40/40 what tosh. From the same people that brought you carbon emissions that sound good – 20/20 (20% less than 1990 output by 2020) and 50/50 (50% less than 1990 output by 2050) and sod the practicalities of achieving it.

When people have stopped laughing at the idea of people who only work 40 weeks a year, can’t we get beyond specious slogans? Government policy should not be in the hands of marketing people.

Besides which I’ve come up with a better one: 40/50/65
40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, until you are 65. Or for the self-employed: 80/52/dead.

It’s a typical political canard though. 40/40/40 is not an outdated assumption because no one was daft enough to assume it. Spouting doublespeak as the starting point of political discourse has been the order of the day for a decade or more.

By: Saul

Saul — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:41:24 +0000

Well, there are plenty in Ms Baird’s area who have managed to escape from the vicious 40\40\40 model. Unfortunately it hasn’t been by choice.

By: 1327

1327 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:23:47 +0000

Its interesting there does seem to be a little re education campaign on this theme going on at the moment. A number of fake charities have carried out “studies” that show we all want to work longer and indeed look forward to dropping dead while working part time on the late night shift at McDonalds aged 90. These studies have been reported with great enthusiasm by the BBC (what a surprise) and now we are moving to the third stage of the campaign which is a junior minister promoting something the people obviously want.

Goebels would be proud of it.

By: Vera 'Blink' Baird

Vera 'Blink' Baird — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:13:17 +0000

Look here Ms R – we have , oh, at least 147 jobs this week and 3.8M people to fill them. Of course I am interested in the welfare of the nation which is why it is good for people to be flexible. After all MPs have given a very long lead in how to be flexible – flexible with how hard we work, flexible on what we call expenses, flexible with our living arrangements – hell, if stupid MPs can do it then so can everybody else …… love and kisses V