Comments on: Polly, Polly….

By: john miller

john miller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:51:31 +0000

Bring back fisking pollyanna that’s what I say…

By: The Great Simpleton

The Great Simpleton — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:36:35 +0000

Didn’t you argue a couple of months ago that oil company managers were not necessarily the right team to manage new technology companies and that oil companies should be wound down if we have indeed reached peak oil?

I still agree that returning the money to shareholders is still much better than allowing Gordon and Polly to squander it.

Tim adds: “oil company managers were not necessarily the right team to manage new technology companies and that oil companies should be wound down if we have indeed reached peak oil?”….”could” be , not should, but yes.

But if we want people to go and find more oil and gas then oil companies are just the ticket.

By: dearieme

dearieme — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:47:26 +0000

There’s no point berating the bloody woman; she doesn’t write that crap you know. There’s an android wot does it. Obvious, innit?

By: QuestionThat

QuestionThat — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:46:36 +0000

Interestingly, Steve Richards in the Independent described the same speech as "the best he has delivered since becoming Prime Minister".