We getting somewhere now. We both agree that so called 'equality' restricts freedom. Yet you champion the myth that making people what is called 'equal' solves more problems than it creates.

Edited by hedgehog50 (18 Jul 2017 11.08am)

Worked well? What planet are you living on? Are you ignoring reality on purpose? Living standards have fallen under this government. Real wages are lower. Also, what success? The Tories haven't won a properly workable majority since 1992, and their policies have been nothing short of a resounding failure in economic and public sector service terms.

Those people you mentioned are wealth creators, they are more along the lines of rent-seekers. Their pay is way in excess of what it would be under an efficient market and they end up with pay completely out of line with their performance. The data is quite clear on this. Your simplistic ideological analysis is what's wrong with this current government and as a self proclaimed member of the "right-wing" of the Tories it's hardly surprising that you continue to make points devoid of any substance but full of myth-busted rhetoric.

I've been talking about levels of inequality this whole time and have never spoken in terms of there being some sort of discreet scenario of pure equality vs current inequality and nothing in between. High levels of inequality are damaging economically and socially and the benefits of reducing inequality would be significant.

Rearrange words "Black the calling kettle pot".

Just read some archetypal 'Socialist Worker' hogwash.

Clearly millions of people were impressed by the Tory record on the economy - the party had massively increased vote, both absolutely and as a share of the votes cast.

Rearrange words "Black the calling kettle pot".

Just read some archetypal 'Socialist Worker' hogwash.

Clearly millions of people were impressed by the Tory record on the economy - the party had massively increased vote, both absolutely and as a share of the votes cast.

If you think that's why people voted Tory in the election you're barking. Remember this election was meant to be all about Brexit and May as leader. Only by making it about Austerity and the Tory record was Labour able to turn the polls around in the way that they did and increase their own share and number of votes by more than at any time since 1945.

I doubt you'd get many people to say they were "impressed" with the Tory record on the economy since 2010 and virtually no one with any understanding of economics would be impressed.