We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
Debate House Prices
In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non MoneySaving matters are no longer permitted. This includes wider debates about general house prices, the economy and politics. As a result, we have taken the decision to keep this board permanently closed, but it remains viewable for users who may find some useful information in it. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Darling warns of toughest cuts for 20 years - The Times
Comments
-
baby_boomer wrote: »InvescoPerpetual's guru, Neil Woodford, says there is a serious risk of the UK being downgraded by the ratings agencies, financial markets and currency dealers.
It's not looking good.
Let us hope his forecasting is as good this year as it was last year
Ftse +22%
Woodford fund +9.8%'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 -
And the Tories aren't
Although I agree with many of the points you make on this forum, I know you will always support labour, no matter what.
As far as I am concerned, though, I know exactly what to expect from labour based on their performance over the last 15 years. They have proved themselves, and not in a good way, especially with regard to the economy, education and immigration. Other parties were not in government, and are therefore to an extent untested.
This country desperately needs a change now – and I don't want to listen to six months' of parties sparring with each other, and trying to outdo each other in rhetoric. It is extremely irritating, distasteful and unnecessary.
Often when I think of the labour party, and listen to its members speak, the image of a ship of fools, captained by the biggest fool, comes to mind. If members of the labour party can't even agree on their leader, what other issues do they disagree on (if they think about them at all outside fleecing taxpayers for personal gain)? :cool:0 -
Although I agree with many of the points you make on this forum, I know you will always support labour, no matter what.
I don't vote Labour
I will support them if I think what they are doing is correct. '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 -
It is all very well waiting for the economy to recover but while we wait spending will continue at its deliberating high rate. As for this economic recovery I think we should have a national party when the 3 month rate hits 0.1% to show the recession is over. Any 'recovery' will be very minor and wiped out by spending cuts. Unemployment fell in November as the government hired 23,000 new civil servants so that looks a bit like a 'recovery' doesn't it.0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.1K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.3K Spending & Discounts
- 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.5K Life & Family
- 259K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards