Tory cuts could be mighty unpleasant

Money_Grabber13579

Clown wrote:

Public services are a total drain.
Clown what do you think public services are spent on?

Health,Education etc is a waste.

Lunatics like you amuse me.

Well we'll know just to throw you in the gutter when you become ill. And I was responding to you in the first place where your post was completely obscure and ambiguous. So who's the lunatic? From your reaction, it sounds like the asylum has broken loose.

Or perhaps you're just annoyed you don't know the real reason public spending has to be cut.

Can't even work the quotes properly!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

headcone

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

Well we'll know just to throw you in the gutter when you become ill. And I was responding to you in the first place where your post was completely obscure and ambiguous. So who's the lunatic? From your reaction, it sounds like the asylum has broken loose.

Or perhaps you're just annoyed you don't know the real reason public spending has to be cut.

Can't even work the quotes properly!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Tell me" O" Great one which public services do you approve of?

Generali

The CKYY index of manufacturing production (link) fell from 87.1 to 84.5 between 1974 and 1979. By 1990 it had risen to 93.3 and by 1997 to 97.9.

It now stands at 88.8.

So industrial output fell under Labour in the 1970s (probably due to strike action and inefficient nationalised industries), rose under the Tory Governments (as a result of multinationals relocating to the UK most likely) and has fallen under New Labour (probably due to the end data point being during a disastrous recession - it was a little over 100 in 2007).

Yup, the figures surprised me too.

One thing I discovered in researching these numbers is that the share of skilled/semi-skilled/unskilled shifted pretty heavily under Thatcher from unskilled to semi-skilled and it was mostly unskilled workers that lost their jobs and were unable to find new work.

headcone

Generali wrote: »

The CKYY index of manufacturing production (link) fell from 87.1 to 84.5 between 1974 and 1979. By 1990 it had risen to 93.3 and by 1997 to 97.9.

It now stands at 88.8.

So industrial output fell under Labour in the 1970s (probably due to strike action and inefficient nationalised industries), rose under the Tory Governments (as a result of multinationals relocating to the UK most likely) and has fallen under New Labour (probably due to the end data point being during a disastrous recession - it was a little over 100 in 2007).

Yup, the figures surprised me too.

One thing I discovered in researching these numbers is that the share of skilled/semi-skilled/unskilled shifted pretty heavily under Thatcher from unskilled to semi-skilled and it was mostly unskilled workers that lost their jobs and were unable to find new work.

Impressive figures,you must be making a fortune.

Generali

headcone wrote: »

Impressive figures,you must be making a fortune.

I do pretty well. The uni teaching pays $100/hour which means I can concentrate on my cycling as I don't have too work too many hours to make a living.

Thanks for your concern.

headcone

My concern is genuine.

I genuinely wish you and your family the best that life can offer.

However your constant denigration of Britain is just a tad offensive.

Money_Grabber13579

headcone wrote: »

My concern is genuine.

I genuinely wish you and your family the best that life can offer.

However your constant denigration of Britain is just a tad offensive.

Is there a nutter is the house? Oh wait, yes there is.

Money_Grabber13579

headcone wrote: »

Tell me" O" Great one which public services do you approve of?

You find the section where I said public services were terrible and come an show me it. I'd like to see it as well as you.

headcone

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

Is there a nutter is the house? Oh wait, yes there is.

What is your point Tory loon?

Generali

headcone wrote: »

My concern is genuine.

I genuinely wish you and your family the best that life can offer.

However your constant denigration of Britain is just a tad offensive.

I think Britain is a great country (most of my family and friends live there for a start).

The problem is that Britain has taken a bit of a wrong turn, basically by electing Labour governments - if you look at the economic history of the UK, Labour has consistently mismanaged and misruled in countless ways.

There are many wonderful things about Britain: the people, the countryside, London, the beer. There are also some less wonderful things about Britain: the economy, the bureaucracy, the intrusion of the Government into peoples' daily lives, the increasing authoritarianism (and if we're really being honest the weather(!)).

I tend to focus on the less wonderful things because that's the nature of the discussion around here.