tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post3761912216635136771..comments2023-07-21T09:17:17.142-07:00Comments on Test 25636: Williams and CarlilePaul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-66980835883442045052007-07-25T08:58:00.000-07:002007-07-25T08:58:00.000-07:00Shirley Williams has remained an active and influe...Shirley Williams has remained an active and influential public servant; she's intelligent, hard- working, and ethical. Shirley Williams is refreshing, still, after decades of service! Never stale -- when she's on television/radio, I always tune in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-45363702043880488692007-06-30T07:51:00.000-07:002007-06-30T07:51:00.000-07:00I can only repeat, these are not government posts,...I can only repeat, these are not government posts, darling. I think the public would think it churlish to refuse to co-operate as independent advisers in narrow fields where these peers are accepted experts, especially as there are also people taking advisory posts who are not Labour members. Indeed, Conservative Chris Patten advised the Labour government on Northern Ireland.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-54588505145192114242007-06-30T04:21:00.000-07:002007-06-30T04:21:00.000-07:00Aren't you delighted to see Williams, Lester a...Aren't you delighted to see Williams, Lester and Neuberger as "advisors" to Brown? Won't that persuade people to vote for you instead of Labour in Durham City, Newcastle Central, Hartlepool, Manchester Wythenshaw, Birmingham Yardley...?<br><br>What are you FOR?David Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-37676153872723303882007-06-29T00:36:00.000-07:002007-06-29T00:36:00.000-07:00But it is just an occasional independent advisory ...But it is just an occasional independent advisory <br>role on the very narrow subject of nuclear proliferation. It is not a government job - you seem to fail to accept that basic fact and base your whole theory on a false premise.<br><br>I don't think Brown has a track record which will attract.<br><br>"What does that say about Ming and his party?"<br><br>That the party has some very talented people in it.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-74820445851689649012007-06-28T16:50:00.000-07:002007-06-28T16:50:00.000-07:00Roy Hattersley tells the story of how, when he was...Roy Hattersley tells the story of how, when he was first made a Minister, The Times ran his photograph above the caption "Formerly Mrs Shirley Williams". That was a long time ago.<br><br>Yet, knowing that he was going to be asked about it on Question Time, Sir Menzies Campbell had to give permission early this evening for Williams to accept the position offered by Gordon Brown. She was obviously going to take it anyway, so there was nothing that he could do.<br><br>I honestly think that this week has marked the beginning of the end of the Lib Dems, always an unstable coalition.<br><br>The few old SDPers who have not already done so are going home, to the party and government of a PM in what they wish had been the Labour succession: Wilson, Callaghan, Healey, Hattersley, Smith, Brown.<br><br>But almost stereotypical old Liberals like Ashdown, Lester, Garden and Carlile have also been publicly considered for office. What does that say about Ming and his party, that such offers were even being considered, never mind, at least in Ashdown's case, actually made?<br><br>It says that they are finished.David Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.com