Looks reasonably convincing and he is putting his money where his mouth is offering ‘regional organisors’ £200 a week and has set up a fancy website / paid some publicists no doubt.
He is asking for £5 a go to join.
See what you think. I would be interested in any comments.
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by Jericoa
12 Mar 2009 at 05:21
Excellent post from paul mason of newsnight today. check it out if not done so already.
by Chris
12 Mar 2009 at 05:42
Just been reading that one Jericoa – I post on there as Elethiomel – very incisive.
I found the closing statement from the FT particuarly worrying:
“A crisis-torn world is in no mood for the heavy lifting of global rebalancing. Policies are being framed with an aim towards recreating the boom. Washington wants to get credit flowing again to indebted US consumers. And exporters – especially in Asia – would like nothing better than a renewal of demand led by the world’s biggest consumer. It is a recipe for disaster.”
Is recreating an artificial and obviously unsustainable boom really the best our leaders can come up with?
(Edited due to silly grammatical error)
by fairlopian
12 Mar 2009 at 06:10
Agree with you Jericoa – there’s more insight and commonsense from Paul Mason that between Peston, Flanders and Robinson put together (but then none of those three owns their own brain).
Also the reason I put a cheeky reference to Mason when I managed to get first in the queue on the latest Robinson blog.
by Chris
12 Mar 2009 at 08:54
On the subject of the Jury Team, they seem to be making an effort to drum up support (or at least instigate discussion) via the newspapers (there have been articles about them in the Telegraph, Sunday Times, Guardian and Daily Mail).
They also have groups on Facebook and MySpace and a Twitter account; this all seems to be integrated with their website updates.
The biggest problem I can see as it stands is Sir Paul himself – from his Wiki Bio he seems more like a member of the establishment that he apparently finds so objectional than someone likely to oppose the status quo.
by Jericoa
12 Mar 2009 at 11:50
chris / fairlopian
I know for a fact now that Paul Mason reads the comments and occasionally posts comments himself with contributers i.e. like they all should!!.
A part of me is glad that his blog is not so popular, there is a lot of junk that clutters up RP’s blog…I should know I think i am guilty of posting some sometimes!!
I am working (when I can) on an e-mail circular type document designed to be released on a ‘forward to all your friends basis..this could make a difference’ containing details of why and instructions on how you can easily switch bank accounts to an ethically run bank. I will post it on here for review first then if we all send it to everyone we know it may grow big enough through the power of spam to shake the tree a bit.
Jericoa.
i too have my doubts about the’jury team’ but so long as he is simply a facilitator not a self styled leader i am willing to give him the benefit for now, watch and wait a bit.
He must know his profile is old schools / he has some allegations against him also, yet he chooses to do this anyway with his own money. like I say if he is not in the running himslef I am willing to give it a go.
Chris…if I deleted every post I write with an error in it I think I would have to delete them all!!!
jericoa
by Jambo
12 Mar 2009 at 12:01
Yeah that PM blog is really great in contrast with the ones the Beeb highlights. Political meddling or internal Beeb politics? who knows.
Re: the Jury Team.
It’s not a political party in the normal sense. Their very manifesto would greatly reduce the power of any PM so it’s hard to see how the founders principles are that relevant. If they campaign harder in Lab/Con seats than Lib ones I’d be inclined to take them at face value (given the LibDems share most of their policy ideas)
by John Bray
12 Mar 2009 at 13:13
Judging by this group’s determination to stay anonymous and cheer from the sidelines (whilst someone else sticks their head above the parapet) they will probably be wasting their time.