Peter Mandelson & Ken Clarke bicker like children about the recession part 2 (C4 News, 25.01.10)

The French Finance Minister was talking about the French Commissioner and whether he should have been the EU President.

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[Baronaaron3]

@Borntomine Actually Ken Clarke took over AFTER Black Wednesday and was the Chancellor that gave Gordon Brown the greatest economic situation inherited by any Government since World War II.

[smezec]

Also, the Tory is going on about how terrible 0.1% growth is, when I bet you Gideon Osborne would have KILLED for 0.1% growth in the last quarter! haha!

[smezec]

Haha, when he shouts out "No I didn't!" reminds me of the Monty Python Argument Clinic sketch xD

[Borntomine]

What does Ken Clarke know about economic recovery anyway was'nt he in charge when the last recession was around and the tories 'Black Wednesday' blunder.

[Tj930]

..In case I was too subtle for you - 9 months to reply!

Well done, "speedy"!

[Tj930]

@dartaddict My point is that, conceptually, spending somebody else's money is the easiest thing in the world to do - it's why Football fans talk about £18m as if were nothing at all - 'loose change down the back of the sofa'!

There are so many anti-Left sayings which - despite being as true today as they were at their inception (i.e. irrefutable) - have become clichéd, because they're so hackneyed and old..So with that timescale as the benchmark, well done for being 'so quick' out the blocks!

[dartaddict]

Oh, and I'm a leftie too, in case I did not make that clear.

[dartaddict]

@Tj930

I do (and I did before I read your comment, for the record, so your point doesn't really work).

[Tj930]

Lefties never have and never will understand the word "investment" - they keep confusing it with "spending."

Spending = Spent, gone. Woosh. Nothing left.

Investment = return on your money (so you get back more than you started with)

P.s. Jon Snow was utterly useless, didn't stop Mandy from talking all over Ken.

[terratec365]

did i miss something here...what has this to do with the french commissioner and whether he should've been eu president?