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Thrugelmir wrote: »While political point scoring is playground fun. It doesn't address the fundamental issues that we all appear to be facing.
Maybe if the country had invested in the boom times we wouldn't be where we are today.
You mean when that North Sea Oil really started to flow?'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 -
Loughton_Monkey wrote: »Poor old Maggie is probably too 'out of it', sadly, to comment.
Imagine she had still been around and with her complete set of marbles, just what she would have said to, and about Brother Brown. They guy would have been complete mincemeat after every PM Question Time. And if she had inherited a situation just as Cameron has. I think she would have 'positioned' the ridiculous overspending so well with the public that the vast majority of the public would have been behind her. She would have then bulldozed the most massive Public Sector and Benefits cuts in world history.
She had something very few of them have now. A backbone.
You mean like in 1982 when she had to authorise the invasion of the Falkland islands to get elected
'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 -
Slightly off-topic.......Shell have just sold their only UK refinery at Stanlow to Essar energy.
Essar have a massive refinery in India,which is likely to supply the UK with petro-chemicals and in the long term shut Stanlow.
Not good,time for me to move on,i think.
Hope it all works out
Shell have also removed a large number of staff abroad in recent years and there is even talk of selling the petrol stations, sad days. '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 -
A couple more firms worried about the North Sea investment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12905225
Centrica reviewing future investment. Valient have pulled a £93m project.
Seems George's message about the UK being open for business isn't getting through. More like the re-introduction of half day closing.0 -
So come on all you who think large corporations should pay more tax, do you still think it's such a great idea?0
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So come on all you who think large corporations should pay more tax, do you still think it's such a great idea?
I think industry paying their fair share is what we want not knee jerk tax rises that put investment at risk, and destroys trust i.e. making investing in the UK akin to investing in Russia."What is not acceptable is the sudden and abrupt change," he added, claiming the government had broken a promise not to change the tax regime it made to one firm when it decided to invest in the North Sea.'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 -
you best tell David Cameron and the rest of his monkeys - everytime he doesn't have an answer he harps on about the mess left to him by the previous government. he's doing it on PMQ right now.Thrugelmir wrote: »While political point scoring is playground fun. It doesn't address the fundamental issues that we all appear to be facing.
why isn't he clear with his policies or is he being as bad as Gordon Brown and not have too much of a clue...
yes you're right because the UK was the only country that was impacted by a global recession and global economic crisis.... no wait....Thrugelmir wrote: »Maybe if the country had invested in the boom times we wouldn't be where we are today.0 -
I think industry paying their fair share is what we want not knee jerk tax rises that put investment at risk, and destroys trust i.e. making investing in the UK akin to investing in Russia.
All depends what you mean by fair share, global businesses will just move to where they pay less, this includes banks, oil companies, financial services etc.
All those idots on saturday protesting against business not paying enough tax really do not have a clue.0 -
All depends what you mean by fair share, global businesses will just move to where they pay less, this includes banks, oil companies, financial services etc.
All those idots on saturday protesting against business not paying enough tax really do not have a clue.
How can you pay less tax than being bailed out '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 -
yes you're right because the UK was the only country that was impacted by a global recession and global economic crisis.... no wait....
In Ed's response to the budget he was questioning why the UK was recovering at the same speed as the French and German economies.
Investment takes years not days to come to fruition.0
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