tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post7572939242157196732..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: A glowing report, Part Two: We have dealt with it as we wish to ...Mrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-90268786252070730182012-09-19T09:02:57.238+01:002012-09-19T09:02:57.238+01:00in fact I think there is room for both words, syst...in fact I think there is room for both words, systemic being descriptive of the final outcome, and systematic descriptive of something more ruthless and progressive ... yes, think I might start creating Mrs Angry's guide to grammar, in the context of the realpolitik of One Barnet ...Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-47063921389974510782012-09-19T02:35:22.490+01:002012-09-19T02:35:22.490+01:00My apologies for saying Systemic rather than syste...My apologies for saying Systemic rather than systematic. I doubt the meaning was confused though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488196910829862382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-82128039667177545872012-09-16T22:20:49.444+01:002012-09-16T22:20:49.444+01:00s'ok. I'll go back to making it all up the...s'ok. I'll go back to making it all up then, as my attempt at gritty realism is going horribly wrong.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-41185206455969693082012-09-16T22:12:03.114+01:002012-09-16T22:12:03.114+01:00I hadn't realized it was a quote. Sorry.I hadn't realized it was a quote. Sorry.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-24541308366337803512012-09-16T19:25:16.173+01:002012-09-16T19:25:16.173+01:00yes, alright, I would probably use systemic, but t...yes, alright, I would probably use systemic, but that was not the word used by Cllr Mittra, and I am trying to report what people said, not what they should have said, Mr Cleverclogs ...Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-34679703158677921762012-09-16T19:19:57.941+01:002012-09-16T19:19:57.941+01:00"Hugh made a very interesting observation. If...<i>"Hugh made a very interesting observation. If contracts do fail, he said, with absolute seriousness, the bloggers will know before we do"</i><br /><br />- and this from a councillor, who the public elects, pays an allowance to, and puts in charge of a c£1-billion annual budget.<br /><br />And, at the risk of being smartypants, you mean "Systemic", not "Systematic", Mrs A, which may be a model of washing machine.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.com