Comments for Liberal Eye http://liberaleye.wordpress.com Power to the People Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:21:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Bush and Cheney want another war by goesdownbitter http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/bush-and-cheney-want-another-war/#comment-28 goesdownbitter Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:07:29 +0000 http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-28 http://goesdownbitter.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/war-with-iran/ I posted this compilation of quotes going back to 2005 and it seems I'm now updating nearly every day with new quotes from various sources. http://goesdownbitter.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/war-with-iran/

I posted this compilation of quotes going back to 2005 and it seems I’m now updating nearly every day with new quotes from various sources.

]]> Comment on Not such Good Value by liberaleye http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/not-such-good-value/#comment-24 liberaleye Wed, 07 May 2008 17:24:15 +0000 http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-24 Geoffrey, Actually I'm a great admirer of Tesco's retailing and business skills but it should never be forgotten that markets work according to rules designed by humans and, depending on those rules, can serve some participants better than others. In the UK the way the system works for the last few decades has suited the big multiples particularly well and farmers and consumers rather less well; change the rules and you change the outcome. This possibility opens the door to a 'market solution' that might actually work. Incidentally, you have clearly misunderstood my point about 'frames'. David Boyle put it rather better in his piece and James Lowman of the Association of Convenience Stores made essentially the same point in different words in his response to the CC Geoffrey,

Actually I’m a great admirer of Tesco’s retailing and business skills but it should never be forgotten that markets work according to rules designed by humans and, depending on those rules, can serve some participants better than others. In the UK the way the system works for the last few decades has suited the big multiples particularly well and farmers and consumers rather less well; change the rules and you change the outcome. This possibility opens the door to a ‘market solution’ that might actually work.

Incidentally, you have clearly misunderstood my point about ‘frames’. David Boyle put it rather better in his piece and James Lowman of the Association of Convenience Stores made essentially the same point in different words in his response to the CC

]]> Comment on Not such Good Value by Geoffrey Randall http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/not-such-good-value/#comment-17 Geoffrey Randall Fri, 02 May 2008 08:43:25 +0000 http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-17 Your piece encapsulates what many people feel about supermarkets, but betrays little real understanding. You end up by saying that we need a market solution. What do you think has produced the current situation - government planning? Tesco has attained its dominant position because it is better run as a business than the others, and therefore has attracted more consumers. (Incidentally, if it has a dominant market share nationally, it is bound to be dominant in many local areas.) The supermarkets did not frame the issues for the Competition Commission: it did so itself, within its statutory remit. If you actually read the report, you will see this clearly set out Your piece encapsulates what many people feel about supermarkets, but betrays little real understanding. You end up by saying that we need a market solution. What do you think has produced the current situation - government planning? Tesco has attained its dominant position because it is better run as a business than the others, and therefore has attracted more consumers. (Incidentally, if it has a dominant market share nationally, it is bound to be dominant in many local areas.)

The supermarkets did not frame the issues for the Competition Commission: it did so itself, within its statutory remit. If you actually read the report, you will see this clearly set out

]]> Comment on No Moral Compass by The financial crisis: who is to blame? | Liberal Democrat Voice http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/no-moral-compass/#comment-5 The financial crisis: who is to blame? | Liberal Democrat Voice Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:19:38 +0000 http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-5 [...] tip: Liberal Eye for the Spitzer article. Posted in [...] [...] tip: Liberal Eye for the Spitzer article. Posted in [...]

]]> Comment on Bush Coins by ian in hamburg http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/bush-coins/#comment-4 ian in hamburg Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:52:28 +0000 http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-4 Brilliant! Brilliant!

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