“David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the best qualifications and who wants to be a doctor, should be turned down by Oxford University using an interview system more reminiscent of the old school network and the old school tie than justice. It is about time for an end to that old Britain where what matters more are the privileges you are born with, rather than the potential you actually have.” WantShouldEndsMatterSchoolBornJusticeViewsDoctorsUniversityPrivilegeTiesInterviewsBritainWhat MattersQualificationsOld SchoolOxfordTurned DownLauraScandalousOxford University Author:Gordon Brown
“And let no government imagine, that, to strip them of the power of defrauding their subjects, is to deprive them of a valuable privilege. A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.” LongEndsGovernmentLossImagineSubjectsProducePrivilegeProfitValuableImagine ThatSwindling Book:A treatise on political economy Source: A treatise on political economy
“When America's creditors consider our behavior they see total fiscal irresponsibility. They see a deluded country that acts as if it is a privilege for foreigners to lend to it, and a deluded country that believes that foreigners will continue to accumulate US debt until the end of time. The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt.” IfsBelieveEndsCountryMatterFactsAmericaBehaviorPrivilegeDebtEnd TimesForeignersDeludedCreditorsIrresponsibility Author:Paul Craig Roberts