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Tory cuts could be mighty unpleasant

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  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    whathavewedone wrote: »
    Well I think Scouselander's just proved my point. The tories' honesty about what they are going to do is going to scare some people off voting for them..

    Honesty icon7.gif they put up a soft fraction of the cuts they will be proposing to achieve a saving of 80 billion :eek: but I understand your position, the NHS is safe :rolleyes:
    '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 Thatcher
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    chaostheory wrote: »
    But - taking your medicine sooner rather than later is going to make your illness worse so why would you do that?:confused:

    I think the idea is generally that taking one's medicine sooner means one gets better sooner. And medicine is not usually nice-tasting.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    carolt wrote: »
    I think the idea is generally that taking one's medicine sooner means one gets better sooner. And medicine is not usually nice-tasting.

    But if you take it all at omce could that not lead to an overdose :confused:
    '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 Thatcher
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Oooh, what a lovely metaphor.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    Shame on you.

    Like her or loath her, everyone should have an understanding of history.

    If you have not got a sense of the past, you can't make much sense of the present.

    and do you have a real sense of the second world war?

    Not just the bits that we like to remember. The political side?
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    My kids may be young, but I've already taught them that Maggie was Evil. :)
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    and do you have a real sense of the second world war?

    Not just the bits that we like to remember. The political side?

    Why what do you want to know icon7.gif sorry for butting in icon11.gif
    '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 Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    carolt wrote: »
    My kids may be young, but I've already taught them that Maggie was Evil. :)

    Hope you have included how she stole the milk off the children and took the daddy's jobs away icon7.gif
    '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 Thatcher
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Oh yes, we've taught them that jolly kids rhyme, Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher.... :)
  • 97trophy
    97trophy Posts: 915 Forumite
    carolt wrote: »
    My kids may be young, but I've already taught them that Maggie was Evil. :)

    While you are pointing the figure, perhaps you should tell them the debt Brown and Co have put the country in.
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