From: JNugent on 31 Jul 2010 13:00 Chelsea Tractor Man wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:23:51 +0100, JNugent wrote: > >> It was introduced because the Minister, non-driver Barbara Castle, couldn't >> get her head round the modern world. > > if it was all a labour plot, how did they manage to get other countries to > comply. This envy based labour plot nonsense is one of the siliest things > (which takes some doing) I have read here. "Labour"? Who mentioned "Labour"? I mentioned Barbara Castle, a non-driver. Giving a non-driver the transport prortfolio in the second half of the twentieth century was an insult to the public.
From: Brimstone on 31 Jul 2010 13:05 "JNugent" <jenningsltd(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:8bj34hF1udU2(a)mid.individual.net... > I mentioned Barbara Castle, a non-driver. Giving a non-driver the > transport prortfolio in the second half of the twentieth century was an > insult to the public. Do you also expect the transport secretary to be an experienced railway man/woman, or an airline pilot or a ship's master etc etc? If not, then why do you expect the person to be able to drive a car?
From: Adrian on 31 Jul 2010 13:13 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> I mentioned Barbara Castle, a non-driver. Giving a non-driver the >> transport prortfolio in the second half of the twentieth century was an >> insult to the public. > Do you also expect the transport secretary to be an experienced railway > man/woman, or an airline pilot or a ship's master etc etc? > > If not, then why do you expect the person to be able to drive a car? Probably because it's the form of transport which most directly affects the average citizen of the UK. In addition, the ubiquity of driving licences means that any adult without a licence usually has a good reason not to have one - it may be a perfectly legitimate reason (nobody would have commented upon Blunkett not holding one, if ever he'd had the Transport job), or it may be an indication of a specific mindset.
From: JNugent on 31 Jul 2010 13:33 Brimstone wrote: > > "JNugent" <jenningsltd(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message > news:8bj34hF1udU2(a)mid.individual.net... > >> I mentioned Barbara Castle, a non-driver. Giving a non-driver the >> transport prortfolio in the second half of the twentieth century was >> an insult to the public. > > Do you also expect the transport secretary to be an experienced railway > man/woman, or an airline pilot or a ship's master etc etc? > > If not, then why do you expect the person to be able to drive a car? The ability to drive a car is not like being the captain of an airliner or a ship's master. It is an ordinary, everyday, skill which one can reasonably expect anyone of sound senses and sound mind to have accomplished.
From: Brimstone on 31 Jul 2010 13:44
"JNugent" <jenningsltd(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:8bj53dFdtkU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Brimstone wrote: >> >> "JNugent" <jenningsltd(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message >> news:8bj34hF1udU2(a)mid.individual.net... >> >>> I mentioned Barbara Castle, a non-driver. Giving a non-driver the >>> transport prortfolio in the second half of the twentieth century was an >>> insult to the public. >> >> Do you also expect the transport secretary to be an experienced railway >> man/woman, or an airline pilot or a ship's master etc etc? >> >> If not, then why do you expect the person to be able to drive a car? > > The ability to drive a car is not like being the captain of an airliner or > a ship's master. It is an ordinary, everyday, skill which one can > reasonably expect anyone of sound senses and sound mind to have > accomplished. > Whose expectation would this be and what has having a driving licence got to do with formulating transport policy? |