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50,000 strong march in London

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  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    I doubt that the majority of the population realise that austerity hasn't even started yet. Some would say what recession. As so far things have been smoothed over using monetary policy. The really tough decisions are yet to follow.

    I think we have by-passed austerity until the next time - lucky escape
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    We've just about sneaked through without seeing how bad it *could* have got. If we'd been borrowing more, then we'd have been properly hosed by now.

    This website's advice to PEOPLE in debt is to spend less, manage your finances, repay, get out of debt - same applies to governemnts. We all enjoyed the fruit of borrowing money to pay for the glory years, and now we have to pay it back. We don't have a realistic option of defaulting or people will REALLY see what austerity looks like.

    Alas, 50,000 people, or even 20,000 - basically it's a small march. A MILLION marched against the Iraq invasion, for the good it did. A few tens of thousands is just daily noise for London.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    CLAPTON wrote: »
    I think we have by-passed austerity until the next time - lucky escape

    A £100 billion deficit still to be bridged.

    Any suggestions?
  • Gaz83
    Gaz83 Posts: 4,047 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    A £100 billion deficit still to be bridged.

    Any suggestions?
    Stop letting large companies away with billions of unpaid tax?
    "Facism arrives as your friend. It will restore your honour, make you feel proud, protect your house, give you a job, clean up the neighbourhood, remind you of how great you once were, clear out the venal and the corrupt, remove anything you feel is unlike you... [it] doesn't walk in saying, "our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Gaz83 wrote: »
    Stop letting large companies away with billions of unpaid tax?

    Won't cover anywhere near a £100 billion hole.
  • Gaz83
    Gaz83 Posts: 4,047 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Won't cover anywhere near a £100 billion hole.
    It'll go a hell of a lot further than chopping £5bn from disability benefits.
    "Facism arrives as your friend. It will restore your honour, make you feel proud, protect your house, give you a job, clean up the neighbourhood, remind you of how great you once were, clear out the venal and the corrupt, remove anything you feel is unlike you... [it] doesn't walk in saying, "our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."
  • JamesSmith2000
    JamesSmith2000 Posts: 84 Forumite
    Johnthomas60 wrote: »
    I dont think its as simple as an anti austerity problem.

    It is just a global financial crisis problem.

    If property prices and rents go up any more there could be a snap.

    People are at breaking point.
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    JamesSmith2000 wrote: »
    If property prices and rents go up any more there could be a snap.

    People are at breaking point.

    Britons are feeling more optimistic than at any time for nine years according to the latest snapshot of consumer confidence, as economic recovery becomes more established. GfK's monthly tracker of the nation's mood rose from 0 in May to 1 in June – putting the index into positive territory for the first time since March 2005.

    UK consumer confidence at most optimistic point in nine years
    http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/27/british-consumer-confidence-optimism-nine-year-high
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Gaz83 wrote: »
    It'll go a hell of a lot further than chopping £5bn from disability benefits.

    Still won't fill the hole. Take a look at the Treasury figures. There's an unaccounted for void that needs to be filled. Who ever is the Government of the day has some difficult decisions to make. Punch and Judy shows are all very well. What's required is some honest debate.
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