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Alan Johnson "I don't think were through the worst"
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Since when has debt become desirable? what planet are you people on...
When the bank pays you more interest than you are paying them, from a purely selfish point of view'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
If Alan Johnson is saying this, which is obviously outside of the party line, is there something in it?
Johnno wants the Labour top job.
It will be available after the next general election.'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
without debt there would be no railways, no gas supply , no electricity , no mobile phones, no supermarkets, no transportation industry, no airplanes, no cars, no coal, no oil, no clean water/sewerage systems, little housing etc etc
all were built of a sea of debt
what planet do you live on ?
he lives on a very simple one :beer:0 -
Johnno wants the Labour top job.
It will be available after the next general election.
So it may appear if he's prepared to contradict the boss to this extent.
Surely he wouldn't do so unless he's certain of sufficient support from Labour ranks
Either way, it seems to be a move that could undermine the whole party still further in the run up to an election.0 -
An edited version of what he said is now being used on BBC news. Just mentions the manufacturing stuff mainly, but the "i dont think we are through the worst" has been edited out.
Certainly doesn't come across as jostling for positions, it's all to do with the TUC.0 -
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Whatever his reasons for saying - it was no accident. I think Labour have to play a hell of a game now - unions, voters and their own party politics to deal with. Brown and co are very busy building the political lines, the spin that might give them a chance in the next election.
It barely gives them time to do anything for the country and the economy. Business as usual then.0 -
ffacoffipawb wrote: »It has been said many times we get what we rarely get what we deserve which is why we have to hope and pray the Conservatives will win the next election.
I will be voting tory.
I would kind of like to see Labour win though. Kinda perverse, but I want to see Labour clean up their own mess, rather than people pointing out the tories as the bad guys everytime they have to mop up after labour.0 -
The reality is that who ever wins the election will carry out the same sort of policies.
That is, they will carefully consider whether the recession is over... if it is not then they will continue the current fiscal stimulous for fear of cutting off the recovery and making unemployment even worse.
If it's judged that the recovery is well underway and unemployment has stablised or even falling then taxes will start to rise and the state sector will be cut back... Labour has already laid out a whole battery of tax rises... Cameron is being a bit more circumspect but has already indicated that taxes will go up
Labour has already 'leaked ' that budgets (even NHS) will be tightly controlled (i.e. cut) and cameron basically like wise.
If any of the semi nationalised banks start making signifcant payments back to the government, whoever is in power will claim credit.0
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