tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post8478445228059554084..comments2024-01-07T12:13:21.793+00:00Comments on Craig Dearden-Phillips: Which Way for UK?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-36565436709973831762011-02-22T16:08:11.634+00:002011-02-22T16:08:11.634+00:00I wont be proposing you as CBI Director General (s...I wont be proposing you as CBI Director General (sorry Craig!). I like the spirit in which you make your proposals; however i doubt that some of them are realistic:<br />1. I disagree with raising retirement age to 72 & 77 (are you having a laugh?!). From a humanist point of view i simply dont want this burden for fellow inhabitants of this planet! Secondly the impact on the NHS and other local services will neutralise any benefit this brings in my view.<br />2.The educational stuff i agree with in part but this is costly stuff and maybe an investment when the money starts moving again - there is also plenty of opportunities out there now for this so its nothing very new - maybe just a bit more standardised and structured (which in fact will probably kill the innovation we see currently; the state cant transfer innovation in-house).<br />14 & 15 are controversial and forward thinking. Agree with 15 more than 14; liberalising weed is one thing but the vast majority of high impact crime is related to drugs higher up the food chain.<br /><br />I enjoyed reading it and i agree with some of your points of view!Rob 'Arrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-17130476647659148912011-02-21T15:47:04.953+00:002011-02-21T15:47:04.953+00:00The CBI! OMG - I think I must be losing the plot. ...The CBI! OMG - I think I must be losing the plot. Thanks for that one Nick :-)Craig Dearden-Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481684928301536483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-35143221900661613952011-02-21T12:37:38.033+00:002011-02-21T12:37:38.033+00:00I will certainly propose Craig as next director ge...I will certainly propose Craig as next director general of the CBI!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14845620953753545985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-90629156890420283192011-02-21T08:50:47.680+00:002011-02-21T08:50:47.680+00:00Thanks for responding Jim - and good luck with you...Thanks for responding Jim - and good luck with your venture. I hope you don't end up going overseas - but understand how you feel about doing biz in UK.Craig Dearden-Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481684928301536483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-17447985912529696402011-02-21T08:40:07.929+00:002011-02-21T08:40:07.929+00:00Thank you. That is an excellent blog. I will unash...Thank you. That is an excellent blog. I will unashamedly adopt some of your ideas and appreciate the questions raised by others.<br />I note that your list is probably not in order of priority.<br />Unless there is a radical change in the leadership of the EU, any further involvement must be decided by referendum.gillisgraham@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670577406578905089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-38970369848025527952011-02-20T20:57:24.078+00:002011-02-20T20:57:24.078+00:00I can appreciate some of those points. There are p...I can appreciate some of those points. There are perhaps more to disagree with than there are to agree with, but at least there are some 'unsayable' ideas that you've said.<br /><br />I'm swiftly coming to the conclusion that, once my own business is established, we will leave the country and permanently trade from and live in a less hostile environment. We're fortunate enough to be able to run our business online. It just feels as though, at the moment, the odds are stacked against anybody who wants to push against the tide of the client state and all the palms it has greased.<br /><br />Whilst I'm dead set on making my own business a success, I want to take some of that success and share it with others; to hopefully encourage their own success. I thought it was something that I would do in the UK, but the culture of "yeh, but what are you going to do for me?" has left me jaded. There are more humble people in the world who deserve just as much success.<br /><br />I'll probably have changed my mind tomorrow and feel incredibly optimistic about things!<br /><br />Anyway - first comment here. I'm enjoying your posts. In particular, it's nice to see someone speaking out on enterprise with a social good who isn't so bloody dogmatic about it and doesn't feel dirty when they talk about enterprise at large!Jelly Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401457054432418914noreply@blogger.com