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Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story

Cleaver
Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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Channel 4, right now: Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story

An hour and half on how much we owe as a country. Graphics showing £50 notes reaching the moon to show how much we owe.

Get your TV on and get the tissues out as you tame the one-eyed snake to some debt-!!!!!!.
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  • teddy_ruckspin
    teddy_ruckspin Posts: 29 Forumite
    I'm spent already, pffft
  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
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    I dont owe anyone a single penny..least of all the Government.
    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    People being interviewed are basically saying that inflation equals theft. I genuinely hope nearlynew is watching somewhere and thoroughly enjoying himself.
  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Durkin_(television_director)
    Critics and supporters of Durkin's programmes have claimed he is closely involved with the Revolutionary Communist Party and its later offshoots Living Marxism (or LM magazine)

    Political nerds with long memories (like me) might recall that Living Marxism was the magazine that thought that Slobadan Milosevic was framed.
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • Malcolm.
    Malcolm. Posts: 1,079 Forumite
    Cleaver wrote: »
    People being interviewed are basically saying that inflation equals theft.

    I owe a couple of millions of pounds. Inflation is massively eating into the figure in real terms. How dare the government steal this debt from me.

    I want it back. :mad:

    *the above statements may not be true*
  • Malcolm.
    Malcolm. Posts: 1,079 Forumite
    Cleaver wrote: »
    I genuinely hope nearlynew is watching somewhere and thoroughly enjoying himself.

    I thought nearlynew was a good Catholic boy.

    If he's not careful, he'll go blind.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Some seriously weird camera angles, like watching the The Krays :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 Thatcher
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    Its a crap program, full of misinformation.


    All based on a theory that they didn't explore properly or explain properly & missed out the detail that goes against the theory even though it is a bi-product of their own theory.

    Like I said, its crap.
    Not Again
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Sir_Humphrey wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Durkin_(television_director)



    Political nerds with long memories (like me) might recall that Living Marxism was the magazine that thought that Slobadan Milosevic was framed.

    Bizarre that they originate from the left, their ideas seem more like fanatical right wing libertarianism. I can't believe this guy describes himself as a Marxist :)
    '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
  • funguy
    funguy Posts: 606 Forumite
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    Good programme so far....looks like we should follow the example of Hong Kong!

    Slash income tax to 15% flat rate!
    Massively shrink the public sector
    make it easier to grow the economy and create jobs!
    Actually creates more tax for the government and a better, richer economy!
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