Hilarious!: ‘Too rich’ Brits lack desire, says Heseltine

ssd, the people voted Maggie in again and again in elections. She represented the aspirations of the majority of ordinary people. Rich Tories are a minority of the population, it was the people who voted Maggie in, and many of the rich Tories looked down on her and weren't keen on her - some thought she was common and vulgar and not like them.

The rich can never be totally idle. Capital surpluses must be reinvested, they always are, the problem is where. Money can not be idle.

Heseltine's ideas for regeneration last time included garden parties.....the man is a bloody numptie.

I think this is symptomatic of why we are in decline.

Who do you trust more, the innovative, skilled, educated engineers from the great manufacturer, Mercedes, or the EU bureaucrats who think that windmills are the answer to our energy needs and who only tell us they want to "save the planet" for us?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298132/New-Mercedes-face-ban-British-roads-flouting-EU-rules-green-air-con.html

claig...."maggie was for the people"

what universe are you occupying???

Many of our charity bosses probably earn more than our manufacturing bosses. No wonder the country is in decline.

Another ancient politician who should accept he is past it and keep his opinions to himself and his mouth shut.

they will even go backwards to the days of the horse and cart and the bicycle and of course the windmill

We are witnessing this decline and this pedalling backwards at full throttle.

Heseltine has a point. People who are too comfortable and 'too rich' don't feel the need to change and innovate - they will even go backwards to the days of the horse and cart and the bicycle. People who are too comfortable tend to become lazy and satisfied and exhibit the I'm Alright Jack tendencies about fuel costs while millions of ordinary people struggle to pay their bills.

But ordinary people are not 'too rich', they have not lost their dynamism and maybe that is why George Orwell's character said "Hope lies with the proles".

Maggie was always more popular with the people than Heseltine, though he may well have been more popular with the elites.

Maggie was for the people. I'm not sure about the bicycle riding, hug a hoodie elite.

The only decent thing Heseltine has ever done was chuck Maggie out of number 10.

They talk about progress and say they are progressive but then they pedal their bikes uphill on a snowy day oblivious of the fact that that is why humanity invented the automobile. They are jokers and jesters but the tragedy is all too real.

It is not because the people are 'too rich' that we give billions to bail out bankers or witness an NHS where scandals are so frequent. It is due to the people in charge on their huge salaries and expenses and perks.

We have been let down by their policies, by their spin and by their gagging clauses. It's not the people's fault, it is the fault of the 'too rich' elite.

I think he may find the main difference is they have more jobs...

They work in the 'third sector' and their spin doctors spin about the 'thord way' and that is why we are declining and slowly becoming 'third rate' compared to dynamic socities. That is why we are going downhill faster than a polar bear on a toboggan on an ice capwith a windmill on top.

Our comfortable policy wink 'too rich' elites work in charities and foundations and 'think tanks'. They have never worked in industry. They don't understand engineering. That is why exporting, manufacturing countries like Germany can run rings around our windmill wallies and why we have such large deficits.

It depends who Heseltine means by 'too rich'.

It is the rich comfortable elite that is 'too rich' and is stifling economic growth. The type of people who ride bicycles, hug trees and stifle our growth by imposing 'green' taxes on our industries and who shut down our coal-powered power stations and increase our fuel and energy costs with their 'green' taxes and their 'carbon cons'. They are not like the elites of India and China who ride a Mercedes to work rather than a bicycle with a helmet.

We are led by wallies who are comfortable and rich and who prevent the progress of the population.

The people aren't too rich. People are cutting back on their food to pay their bills, mong them the energy and water bills which are increasing under the policies of the 'too rich' elite and their green gamble. People are using food banks and payday loan stores are on many high streets. The people aren't 'too rich'.

The people are hardworking, ambitious and aspiring, buyt they are hgeld back by the wallies on bicycles with their green slogans.

It was Thatcher that won elections by appealing to the hardworrking aspiring working and middle classes who wanted growth and rewards and progress. They saw in her a chance to succeed. But Thatcher is gone and has been replaced by the low-growth, no-growth, zero-growth, comfortable, 'too rich' windmill wallies on bikes and that is why the country is being overtaken by much of the rest of the world. They have fewer wallies and fewer windmills.

Yes, that's it exactly Cogito. Other cultures/countries place a higher value on education and are hungrier. Our children will be competing with theirs in the global marketplace of the future...

I think he makes a good point. You don't have to be rich to take things for granted and squander opportunities. If you look at the life trajectory of the average inspirational leader, captain of industry or entrepreneur it's quite normal to find some early difficulties (economic, social, emotional) that motivated the person to get on. Look at the way the children of immigrant families consistently perform well at school.... because their parents understand the benefits of education, value the opportunities and make sure their children make the most of it.

Relative to most people in the world, I agree with him.

well I hope if he aggressively avoids tax he gets his arse hauled over the coals.

perhaps he would like to hand over some of his then to pay for it

but he has made his money himself hasn't he?

so he probably knows something about how to make money.

which we as a country need to pay for education, health care, pensions for an aging population....