tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654649659503386270.post726832291568056267..comments2023-11-17T08:28:34.015+00:00Comments on The m-factor: Old news but stillWilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120996976638555064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654649659503386270.post-39613551747912750372008-07-11T19:42:00.000+01:002008-07-11T19:42:00.000+01:00Yep - I'm not actually saying that the government ...Yep - I'm not actually saying that the government is crap on a general basis. The point of the post was that they made the promises, they set the timeline, they determined the scope, and when they fail to live up to that, they don't 'fess up to the consequences, but throw a major-league hissy-fit blaming the voters for their own failures.<BR/><BR/>That's my problem.<BR/><BR/>Well; one of them anyway. My major beef is that they've further derailed the goal of research contributing to the gnp to the tune of 3 %.<BR/><BR/>Then again, I've got no illusion that any political party would actually keep any promise to universities and research in general.Wilhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120996976638555064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654649659503386270.post-15250113580623021802008-07-11T12:21:00.000+01:002008-07-11T12:21:00.000+01:00The current goverment hasn't done too badly, all i...The current goverment hasn't done too badly, all in all. Yes, they have had some very bad incidents (Haga's resignment, the whole Ramin-Osmundsen series, etc) and I do agree that they've failed on the education (should be interesting to see what the new minister of research and education can do in the last year), but all-in-all they haven't done too bad.<BR/><BR/>But, the real problem is that they promised more then they could deliver and left the voters hoping for too much. E.g. they have built new Kindergardens at a faster pace then any other goiverment, but still not at the rate promised. And that was a big issue for them.Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766751546432262892noreply@blogger.com