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 Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 16 May 17 9.55pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
One man's getting the best deal for everyone vs Theresa the dictator. People forget that the art of politics is compromise. Except neither can do that. It is impossible Dont you mEan for the many not the few?
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CambridgeEagle  Sydenham 16 May 17 9.55pm |
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Originally posted by susmik
But they do that is a known fact. Labour think by taxing the better paid people they can make all these wonderful work like, Nationalise the railways, the post office, the water companies etc.. what a load of tosh. It has been proved by George Osborne that by lowering the tax threshold on the rich the government will rake in more money as when you tax the better off with high taxes they either move away or stop in vesting. Labour has ALWAYS been a high taxing and borrowing party and is why we are in the sh1t we are and paying back so much money. Labour if in power would bankrupt the country and we would ALLbe worse off as happened before. Also a nation with its own central bank cannot go bankrupt. It's impossible.
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| Stirlingsays 16 May 17 9.58pm |
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Scotland is going nowhere.....There are enough of them who know what side their bread is buttered.....Personally I'm fed up with the moaning and wish they would bugger off and take the Euro. There isn't going to be a united Ireland.....some people obviously just don't get the 'Good Friday' agreement. You know...in return to putting up with having the murderers of our soldiers in actual positions of power. and privilege......An incredible humiliation...for some...I still have never really accepted it....But this humiliation wasn't felt by many lefties like Corbyn of course....In return for that the stinking IRA gave up the idea of force. Anyone who thinks there is going to be a united Ireland obviously doesn't know any northern Irish unionists. They were just as ready for blood letting as any republican.
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| serial thriller The Promised Land 16 May 17 9.58pm |
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It seems like this thread has now just divided off between people on the left who are using sources and facts and people on the right who are resorting to more and more baseless assertions and speculative claims. Imagine if you got a terrible illness and were rushed to hospital. Would you want the doctor to base his treatment of you rationally, based on the facts and research he's done, or would you want the doctor who dismisses facts as 'biased' and bases his treatment on what he thinks 'the people' believe?
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 Hrolf The Ganger 16 May 17 10.00pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Well argued. There's just no comback to your cutting insight. There is no better insight. The fact is that a manifesto is a sales pitch which can be ignored after the election. If you want to vote on something solid then look at the calibre of the politicians. The Labour shadow cabinet is an embarrassment to politics.
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| CambridgeEagle Sydenham 16 May 17 10.01pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Well argued. There's just no comback to your cutting insight. I posted the nuclear element of that nick along with the commitment to nuclear industry when others on this board claimed Labour policies were akin to CND. It fell on deaf ears then. I really can't wait for the Tory manifesto so we can debate the comparative merits. Not that we've had much actual debate on the Labour manifesto today but I live in hope.
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| CambridgeEagle Sydenham 16 May 17 10.07pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
There is no better insight. The fact is that a manifesto is a sales pitch which can be ignored after the election. If you want to vote on something solid then look at the calibre of the politicians. The Labour shadow cabinet is an embarrassment to politics. Boris Johnson, IDS, Liam Fox, David Davis, Gove, Jeremy C*nt, Leadsom, Grayling. Loathsome and damaging
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| Stirlingsays 16 May 17 10.08pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
I posted the nuclear element of that nick along with the commitment to nuclear industry when others on this board claimed Labour policies were akin to CND. It fell on deaf ears then. I really can't wait for the Tory manifesto so we can debate the comparative merits. Not that we've had much actual debate on the Labour manifesto today but I live in hope. You mean you pushed the lies about the Uk still having a nuclear deterrent as a viable option when the guy who would be in charge of its use is an affirmed CND supporter. It's a completely unethical argument. If you want to take the kool aid because you agree with Corbyn anyway that's for you. But don't tell me up is down and expect not to be called out on it. Edited by Stirlingsays (16 May 2017 10.08pm)
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 16 May 17 10.09pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
I posted the nuclear element of that nick along with the commitment to nuclear industry when others on this board claimed Labour policies were akin to CND. It fell on deaf ears then. I really can't wait for the Tory manifesto so we can debate the comparative merits. Not that we've had much actual debate on the Labour manifesto today but I live in hope. I would suggest it is too soon. Today Emily Thornberry was unable to answer questions on several aspects of the manifesto even though that is why she was on the show. Sadiq Khan dodged the question of the manifesto by saying he hadn't read it. As the leader of the nations capital city I struggle with that. Corbyn (at tea time) was unable to put any figures to the cost of nationalisation. Wait and see was the answer. Equally he seemed to change his tune around the benefit cap and again Thornberry couldn't clarify
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 16 May 17 10.19pm |
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Originally posted by serial thriller
It seems like this thread has now just divided off between people on the left who are using sources and facts and people on the right who are resorting to more and more baseless assertions and speculative claims. Imagine if you got a terrible illness and were rushed to hospital. Would you want the doctor to base his treatment of you rationally, based on the facts and research he's done, or would you want the doctor who dismisses facts as 'biased' and bases his treatment on what he thinks 'the people' believe? It is a fact that Corbyn has appointed Andrew Murray to a leadership role in his campaign team. Murray was a member of the Communist party until December 2016. Do you expect us to believe any 'source's and 'facts' that he comes out with given the well known relationship of communists to truth.
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 16 May 17 10.20pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
Also a nation with its own central bank cannot go bankrupt. It's impossible.
I looked at this when you said this previously. There is an element of pedantry as a country can default which by and large is similar. If it happens its doesn't matter what it is called it is a Lorry load of pain
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| steeleye20 Croydon 16 May 17 10.20pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
Incorrect. A lot of those project will be funded out of the proposed £250bn national transformation fund. This is affordable using QE up until the point that the economy reaches full employment, and there is more than £25bn of annual spare capacity in the economy. QE to date has been well in excess of £250bn and has simply been used to prop up asset prices and enrich the owners of those assets (large corporations and banks). I think a national transformation fund would have to be paid for by increased borrowing QE does not work as it was intended and distorts interest rates and prices to the disadvantage of the very people who were supposed to benefit i.e. us ...
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