Darling’s £40bn cut in public spending

ThrowingStonesAtYou

nearlynew wrote: »

How many times do these politicians have to lie to you, before you realise that they are lying f*cking thieves?

I think we all know, but what are we going to do about it?

PasturesNew

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Let's hope they cut those instead of cutting stuff which effects real families out there.

And singles ... how quickly you've forgotten about singles

ThrowingStonesAtYou

PasturesNew wrote: »

And singles ... how quickly you've forgotten about singles

Who cares about singles, it's only families who are 'hard-working' after all :T

Generali

zag2me wrote: »

Some very good points but having travelled all over the world I can safely say we have one of the best education and health systems on the planet(however much people will criticise it), and this puts us in a great position for our future economy.

That's simply not true.

The UK is 27th out of 30 for numbers in education after the age of 16 according to the OECD. The OECD also ranks maths and language attainment by British pupils.

British dentistry is a joke, internationally.

The NHS has poor outcomes for health with survival rates being low by international standards and if you're really unlucky, you'll catch MRSA (MRSA killed 1,597 in 2007 link)

There are some great things about Britain, the NHS (which is not the envy of the world) and the educational system are not 2 of them.

The_White_Horse

the lefty way always ends in disaster.

the tories tax policies may have been dreamed up on the playing fields of Eton, and what is wrong with that??? Better than being dreamed up by some pregnant 12 year old on the playing fields of Nelson Madela High School in Peckham!!

"i is reducing income tax on single parents innit and now dope is legal and tax free" "innit"

thriftybabe

Graham_Devon wrote: »

There are plenty of cuts they can make without hurting us all. Red tape and needless vote winning projects to start with.

Let's hope they cut those instead of cutting stuff which effects real families out there.

What the costs of the Olympics which has already gone over budget. I am sure the Commonwealth in Glasgow will be the same.

What I dont get is how these things can be priced so badly. If we get a contract and went over budget we would be told tough luck!

[Deleted User]

Does this mean we're going to cancel the olympics and the world cup bid?

Oh no, i doubt that

I have a grim feeling my firm will announce redundancies on the back of the cuts in public spending

kabayiri

thriftybabe wrote: »

What the costs of the Olympics which has already gone over budget. I am sure the Commonwealth in Glasgow will be the same.

What I dont get is how these things can be priced so badly. If we get a contract and went over budget we would be told tough luck!

A friend of a friend was one of those working for the big construction firms asked to tender for the Olympics work.

These firms aren't stupid. They have a good idea of what major works cost. They have to.

The firms expressed 'reservations' over the initial budget expectations of 3bn, but were reminded to keep their counsel. The final bill was never really a surprise.

PayDay

Generali wrote: »

That's simply not true.

The UK is 27th out of 30 for numbers in education after the age of 16 according to the OECD. The OECD also ranks maths and language attainment by British pupils.

British dentistry is a joke, internationally.

The NHS has poor outcomes for health with survival rates being low by international standards and if you're really unlucky, you'll catch MRSA (MRSA killed 1,597 in 2007 link)

There are some great things about Britain, the NHS (which is not the envy of the world) and the educational system are not 2 of them.

If you look on the immigration sites, many try to come to Britain for education and the NHS. Those that find jobs stay, those that can't find jobs, leave.

ses6jwg

Talking about the NHS as one conglomerate whole is utterly stupid.

It will vary tremendously depending on where you live.

I am proud of it.