[News] Alistair Darling RIP

[macbeth]

 

[Skuller]

He always seemed to be on top of things with good judgement and sound policies. He handled the financial crisis well: intervening when he needed to for the national good and stepping back when it was better for the market to resolve issues. He reduced VAT temporarily which was derided as a waste of time but which seemed to stimulate the economy in its hour of need.

I just wish we had that level of competence from the current batch of politicians from both sides.

 

[clapham_gull]

His book Back From The Brink is worth a read and only £5 on kindle.

 

[worthingweird]

Bloody hell, only 70.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Bloody hell, only 70.

scary isn’t it

 

[dazzer6666]

He did a remarkable job during the crisis in incredibly difficult circumstances.RIP.

 

[jakarta]

A decent politician, can't seem to write that phrase at present...

 

[Questions]

A decent politician, can't seem to write that phrase at present...

You just did.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Bloody hell, only 70.

I know, l'm not far short of that figure, perhaps l ought to make a start on my obituary.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

I stand to be corrected but at the time of the banking crisis was it actually genuine that the line of the cash points were about to run dry of cash it was Darling who intervened and kept the cash flowing ?

 

[Wallace]

He liked printing money, we're still paying the price for that now

 

[schmunk]

I know, l'm not far short of that figure, perhaps l ought to make a start on my obituary.

"He was 70, going on 17...





...to Brighton and sometimes to Horsham."

 

[vegster]

Blimey, another one gone today....busy day , Shane, Alistair, Henry, and now Jimmy Corkhill ! RIP all but, maybe not Henry.

 

[rippleman]

A decent man and a decent politician.

Where are they all now?

RIP

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Sensible. thoughtful. A grown up.

It seems like i'm damning with feint praise, but I would personally put on a Palace shirt just to have 5 that competent in our cabinet now.

 

[BLOCK F]

I always had a high regard for him.
He came across as a thoroughly decent human being and a calm thoughtful and modest politician. To say we need more of his calibre these days is a huge understatement.
RIP.

 

[Weststander]

RIP.

A rarity in modern politics .. no grandstanding or aggression, with Ken Clarke imho the two best Chancellors of the last 50 years.

 

[Machiavelli]

A politician with gravitas. Not exactly overburdened with them at the moment. Honest, good communicator, and we're lucky that we had him in the run-up to and the saga of the financial meltdown, not forgetting its aftermath. Very early but maybe a relief after a long struggle.

 

[Randy McNob]

He liked printing money, we're still paying the price for that now

Is the right answer

Interesting ted talk which debunks the myth governments saved the banking sector when in fact they made it worse


Oh yeah....RIP

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Is the right answer

Interesting ted talk which debunks the myth governments saved the banking sector when in fact they made it worse


Oh yeah....RIP

It's not "the right answer".
I haven't watched the talk (because I'm in a pub very cheerful that we just won), but I know enough about economics to know that anybody who says a government should have done X with any degree of certainty is talking out of their ARSE.