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Brown Writes in the Guardian
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/22/gordon-brown-comment-banks
The comments below are interesting, especially when you consider that the Guardian is a left leaning paper so you'd assume that comments left would be more likely to be supportive of the Labour PM.
Tough times like these test our character and values as a nation. So even in a recession, we have to act now, both to protect people from the downturn and to prepare and equip ourselves for every future challenge....blah...etc.
The comments below are interesting, especially when you consider that the Guardian is a left leaning paper so you'd assume that comments left would be more likely to be supportive of the Labour PM.
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god i hope he reads the comments, almost worth registering and posting abuse in case he does.0
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god i hope he reads the comments, almost worth registering and posting abuse in case he does.
His advisors will be reading them and reporting back, you can be sure of that."Our future lies in low-carbon, high- technology manufacturing and services. Hence our investment in science, "
just of the top of my head, there are the Universities which have closed their Chemistry Departments, on the grounds of cost, since you introduced the worlds most stupid funding mechanism for University funding.
Aberystwyth University
Brunel University
City University
East London University
Essex University
Exeter University
Kings College London
Lancaster University
Royal Holloway College London
Stirling University
Sussex University
"hence our investment in science"
You forced me to leave my country to find work you loathsome maggot.0 -
It is always the same in regime change.
The Tories had it and I'm sure labour will have it 'till the other lot get back in ..0 -
The depth of hatred for the current Government reminds me of the run up to 1997. The Tories haven't really caught the imagination in the same way Labour did IMO.
They'll win but I suspect the Lib Dems will have a strong showing. That could cause some serious problems to Labour.0 -
I've been looking at Guardian CIF(Comment is Free) for months now. It's quite normal to see about 80% of the posters laying into the government. Sometimes 100%.The comments below are interesting, especially when you consider that the Guardian is a left leaning paper so you'd assume that comments left would be more likely to be supportive of the Labour PM.Happy chappy0 -
The depth of hatred for the current Government reminds me of the run up to 1997. The Tories haven't really caught the imagination in the same way Labour did IMO.
They'll win but I suspect the Lib Dems will have a strong showing. That could cause some serious problems to Labour.
Lets hope it's not the bnp0 -
Unfortunately, the 'takin' our jobs and our wimmin' argument is a seductive one when times are hard.
One of my worries is that because the fight has been so hard fought against protectionism in the past that people may be discounting a real option for a knee jerk reaction.
I don't know myself ...But I haven't seen any explanations as to why a bit of protectionism wouldn't slow down the pace of global financial movements ...which could be a usefull short term thing ...Or as useful as quantative easing or ultra low interest rates.
Shouldn't any option be thrown up?0 -
One of my worries is that because the fight has been so hard fought against protectionism in the past that people may be discounting a real option for a knee jerk reaction.
I don't know myself ...But I haven't seen any explanations as to why a bit of protectionism wouldn't slow down the pace of global financial movements ...which could be a usefull short term thing ...Or as useful as quantative easing or ultra low interest rates.
Shouldn't any option be thrown up?
Do you mean protectionism (import quotas and taxes) or capital controls (limits on the international movement of capital)?0 -
This is tricky because I honestly think that although history is a fine guide, we would also be wise to admit this is new territory we are in.
I am close to Greenspan on his views that balance of trade figures are at least misleading when so much trans national economic activity is not recognised.But maybe there is an obvious real limit ..If a nation is haemorrhaging and I think the massive increase in oil was the straw the broke the camels back ...Then reality would say ..no matter how much you pump prime the economy it is unable to give any more.0
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