Comments on: Timmy Elsewhere http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 24 May 2012 06:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/comment-page-1/#comment-8897 Dan Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:08:30 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/#comment-8897 "There are no such people. Simple." Nonsense. I visit them all the time. Without extra help from the Government, which is effectively a subsidy on the tariff, they cannot afford to pay their heating bills. “There are no such people. Simple.”

Nonsense. I visit them all the time. Without extra help from the Government, which is effectively a subsidy on the tariff, they cannot afford to pay their heating bills.

]]> By: john b http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/comment-page-1/#comment-8879 john b Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:52:03 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/#comment-8879 "what then for the old dear that can’t afford to heat their home, to a sufficient degree to survive, without the subsidy?" There are no such people. Simple. “what then for the old dear that can’t afford to heat their home, to a sufficient degree to survive, without the subsidy?”

There are no such people. Simple.

]]> By: Dan http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/comment-page-1/#comment-8856 Dan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:51:55 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/#comment-8856 Re Riddell: If subsidising consumption in this instance is bad (and I see where you're coming from) what then for the old dear that can't afford to heat their home, to a sufficient degree to survive, without the subsidy? People die. Snigger. Re Riddell:

If subsidising consumption in this instance is bad (and I see where you’re coming from) what then for the old dear that can’t afford to heat their home, to a sufficient degree to survive, without the subsidy?

People die. Snigger.

]]> By: Andrew Zalotocky http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/comment-page-1/#comment-8853 Andrew Zalotocky Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:42:59 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/12/timmy-elsewhere-253/#comment-8853 Journalists don't have to be knowledgeable to be successful. All they need is a few good phrases and a human-interest angle. Basically it’s money for old trope. Journalists don’t have to be knowledgeable to be successful. All they need is a few good phrases and a human-interest angle.

Basically it’s money for old trope.

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