tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post122245577107420277..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Keep Releasing Those Bagged Up Felines, Digby-JonesDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-67036987597517301542010-05-04T21:24:50.504+01:002010-05-04T21:24:50.504+01:00Dead right about the civil service. Decent people,...Dead right about the civil service. Decent people, fairly honest, fairly intelligent, fairly lazy (as George Bernard Shaw said of the English middle class), and more or less totally futile.<br /><br />I worked for three different governments before realizing it wasn't just bad luck finding myself in a meaningless occupation, it is what working for the government is all about.Alfredhttp://canadianspectator.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79228559676557794792010-05-04T17:11:09.947+01:002010-05-04T17:11:09.947+01:00Got to love those Groan commenters. “Ooh, but the ...Got to love those Groan commenters. “Ooh, but the Tories were worse!” “China's success, <em>like Britain's in the 19th Century</em>, is built on poorly-educated, poorly paid factory workers”.<br /><br />Literacy in 19th Century Britain was the highest in the world. Hell, in Scotland at any rate, it was higher than it is today. And they've the cheek to claim Dig's opinions are based on ignorance.<br /><br />I guess that's where a socialist state education gets you: sod the facts; before the Labour party, the Poor were Oppressed. Unlike now, when everything's just fine. What? It isn't? More socialism!Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-84035069801724699142010-05-04T12:38:50.170+01:002010-05-04T12:38:50.170+01:00I fear the situation as described is the hidden ag...I fear the situation as described is the hidden agenda. Long term subjugation of all but an elite ruling class. Very Soviet and so far very successful.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.com