Vincent Browne Heckle !

[Baron von Biffo]

Oh God, that's a genuine ad for hair restoration products, not a trailer for a comedy film.

[Dr. FIVE]

minister mislead the house? surely not

[PaddyJoe]

Oh God, that's a genuine ad for hair restoration products, not a trailer for a comedy film.

I still haven't figured out what that helium related spray product is that's getting all those young insomniacs so excited about

[Baron von Biffo]

I still haven't figured out what that helium related spray product is that's getting all those young insomniacs so excited about

[C. Flower]

He should just ask Mathews about the massive bank debt. His view on Reilly is irrelevant

Let's not mention the war.

[Baron von Biffo]

Those guaranteed income clauses in PPP deals really are a scandal.

[C. Flower]

Those guaranteed income clauses in PPP deals really are a scandal.

Legislation could be brought in to cap them.

[DCon]

Those guaranteed income clauses in PPP deals really are a scandal.

places all the risk on the State and removes all risk from the Privater entity

strange Partnership

heads you win, tails we lose

[Baron von Biffo]

Legislation could be brought in to cap them.

Or re-designate them as PS pay. We'd be 14% better off already.

[Baron von Biffo]

places all the risk on the State and removes all risk from the Privater entity

strange Partnership

heads you win, tails we lose

And of course the constant justification for big profits is to reward risk takers.

[goatstoe]

Is Nulty thick? If Lab couldn't assert itself in the negotiations on the PfG what hope is there that they'll be able to do so now when they're compromised by two years of rubber stamping FG policy?

Nulty has already resigned from the whip of the LP, I suppose he hopes that eventually Labour will bail out en masse. It's all a bit messy with Labour at the minute. Ultimately it might end up getting too hot in the kitchen for the Sticks to survive. Hogan has dodged a bullet with diversionary events of the last couple of days.

[MPB]

Those guaranteed income clauses in PPP deals really are a scandal.

Considering they came on top of benchmarking rather than instead of....yes they are a bloody scandal.

The PPP deals were a disgrace in and of themselves, because they brought the worst of the Public Service to the Private Sector, rather than the other way round.

i.e they gave wage increases to the Private Sector without guaranteeing an improvement in productivity.

[barrym]

I gave up watching VB a while back 'cos of his heckling approach, went back these last few nights to see what had changed, nuttin.

Nulty may be a thicko but he is, like ALL pols, an opportunist, so he gets in and jumps ship. Why does VB have to rumble on ad infinitum? He had to apologise to someone the night before because "I didn't manage a discussion properly" - so, why not change the format, don't ask pols questions which you KNOW they won't answer.

Most of the 'commentators' do the same, ask questions like "does your party/colleague/etc., need to be sanctioned" to a member of the same party, guarantees the answer will be fudge, so why waste our time??

No more VB for me.

BTW, noticed Paxman is going the same way, hassled a Labour MP continuously about immigration 'it was your party who introduced the legislation' - when the real issue is the Conservatives haven't applied the legislation.

[MPB]

I gave up watching VB a while back 'cos of his heckling approach, went back these last few nights to see what had changed, nuttin.

Nulty may be a thicko but he is, like ALL pols, an opportunist, so he gets in and jumps ship. Why does VB have to rumble on ad infinitum? He had to apologise to someone the night before because "I didn't manage a discussion properly" - so, why not change the format, don't ask pols questions which you KNOW they won't answer.

Most of the 'commentators' do the same, ask questions like "does your party/colleague/etc., need to be sanctioned" to a member of the same party, guarantees the answer will be fudge, so why waste our time??

No more VB for me.

BTW, noticed Paxman is going the same way, hassled a Labour MP continuously about immigration 'it was your party who introduced the legislation' - when the real issue is the Conservatives haven't applied the legislation.

Watch Bosco. He does,nt ask politicians any questions at all, never mind badger them into giving a straight answer.

If Politicians are allowed not answer questions why are we wasting our time with them?

[Baron von Biffo]

Considering they came on top of benchmarking rather than instead of....yes they are a bloody scandal.

The PPP deals were a disgrace in and of themselves, because they brought the worst of the Public Service to the Private Sector, rather than the other way round.

i.e they gave wage increases to the Private Sector without guaranteeing an improvement in productivity.

PPPs have nothing to do with benchmarking or wages.