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Coalition crack on to cutting benefits to Baby Factories
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Alan_Cross wrote: »Obviously, you were living in a different country from the rest of us, where there was a stable economy for 10+ years, blown off course eventually only by the effects of a world wide banking crisis - wherein he was a leading figure in the stabilisation process.
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Ever thought of stand-up .....0 -
The_White_Horse wrote: »hahahahahahHAHHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The braying of a donkey masquerading as a horse. Nothing by way of argument, needless to say.0 -
Children wont starve you idiots! So oversensionalising the situation.
We have enough UK based charity to ensure that thing will never get that bad. Soup kitchens, food parcels... The kids may have to go without designer clothes, the latest games console or their selfish parents may have to cut back on their addiction to cigarettes and alcohol. It will give them a resilient spirit and if anything, selfish single parents popping out babies for child support will hopefully be a thing of the past.
Before crying tears of sorrow, I suggest you have a good look round a couple of third world nations to see exactly how good the "empoverished" UK citizens actually have it.
So that is the new benchmark :eek:'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 -
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Alan_Cross wrote: »Right.
And 'empoverished' shows the intellect level of the hangers and floggers...
You wouldn't think he was a public sector worker with, what is it? ah yes a gold plated pension, would you?'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 you seriously believe that Mr Brown did a right good job then you are sadly mistaken. Any chancellor in the right mind would have reigned back the housing boom and the financial instiituion well before the banking crisis took place, instead of having an ego that allowed a debt fuelled ecomony to spiral out of control. Any economist, stock market analyst or house guru, or in fact many in other fields such as say cycling or athletics will know that there are peaks and troughs in performance. They wouldn't come up with ridiculous statements like I've put an end to boom and bust, and then in a vain attempt to cover his own a$se blame it on everyone else. The country could have had far less both personal and government level debt than it had given the 'good times' but that did not occur because most of the good time had no real basis for it.
Thinking is so important ...
P.S. I have a business degree and am also a qualified management accountant, and certified strategic management consultant0 -
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Alan_Cross wrote: »We cannot have the great, unwashed, ghastly British public suspecting that HMG may still have nasty party tendencies and only be in business for the sake of promoting the interests of the super rich, media tycoons and the like at the expense of everyone else...
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C'mon mate, give us a break, it's not just Tory governments that promote special interests and not just Tory governments that are too close to the super rich...0 -
If you seriously believe that Mr Brown did a right good job then you are sadly mistaken. Any chancellor in the right mind would have reigned back the housing boom and the financial instiituion well before the banking crisis took place, instead of having an ego that allowed a debt fuelled ecomony to spiral out of control. Any economist, stock market analyst or house guru, or in fact many in other fields such as say cycling or athletics will know that there are peaks and troughs in performance. They wouldn't come up with ridiculous statements like I've put an end to boom and bust, and then in a vain attempt to cover his own a$se blame it on everyone else. The country could have had far less both personal and government level debt than it had given the 'good times' but that did not occur because most of the good time had no real basis for it.
Thinking is so important ...
P.S. I have a business degree and am also a qualified management accountant, and certified strategic management consultant
Indeed - a shame you've yet to master the art, despite your 'business degree', whatever that is...
The simple facts are:
1. GB managed a successful economy for 10 years, better than anything ever managed before.
2. He was torpedoed by world events beyond his control
3. He played a major part in leading the intergovernmental, international fightback.
These are facts beyond any possibility of dispute.
YES, he had not brought in adequate financial regulation BUT the previous morons under both Thatcher and Major had let the City rip with NONE.
You are holding a political catch phrase against him and ignoring the facts 1-3 above, which will be the ones recorded by history as you are uncomfortably well aware.0
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