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The immediate priority was to fairly help people cope with difficult times, he said, adding that in the United Kingdom, the Government was supporting people with the costs of gas and electricity, supporting homeowners, and helping people acquire the skills for jobs.
Originally posted by yellowbeard
on the Blair / Thatcher statement, I think you've only got to look at their post government employment to work some things out, Mrs Thatcher was given high paid, little work directorships of BRITISH companies. Now look at Blair, all his token highly paid jobs are for AMERICAN companies. Now I'd like you all to think what that means and to who's benefit these prime ministers were working for. At the time of the Thatcher government I was strongly opposed to her and her policies BUT she broke the stranglehold of the unions and put the economy on a strong footing for Blair and Brown to come in and destroy. sorry I try not to get into political arguments because I get too wound up.
edited for more clarity
[edit on 27-9-2008 by yellowbeard]
Originally posted by stumason
In our system, in 2005, Labour polled only 37% of the popular vote with the Tories on 35%. Looking at the make up of Parliament you wouldn't know it, as Labour have a massive majority, all down to the "first past the post" system we have.
Originally posted by NorthWolfe CND
I am just sadden that the Queen doesn't put this idiot in his place, by bringing down the government...
Originally posted by dodgygeeza
Wow, the first steps.
The first steps to the new world order, being announced our very own unelected moron. His choice of words are kind of scary.
Did anyone else notice this??
It's finally happening. The parts are all falling into place.
Sorry if this has been already been posted.
biz.yahoo.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 26-9-2008 by dodgygeeza]
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by yellowbeard
I have often thought that and I believe I saw this particular form of Government in an Isacc Asimov book years ago. Some colonists on a new world far away randomly chose their leaders by a lottery. It was said it was the only way of guaranteeing that they would serve the people and not have vested interests.
But, Sci-Fi aside, the fairest system would be some form of proportional representation, like on the continent. While it tends to lead to coalition Governments, those in power know they hang by a thread and tend to much more likely to serve those who elected them.
In our system, you could have a constituency of 30,001 people, and only 10,001 have to vote for one candidate and he wins. The other 20,000 could be spilt between a few candidates, but they get ignored as the one who polled the most won.
In our system, in 2005, Labour polled only 37% of the popular vote with the Tories on 35%. Looking at the make up of Parliament you wouldn't know it, as Labour have a massive majority, all down to the "first past the post" system we have.
Another thing that irks me is Brown going on about how he has "led the economy for 10 years" and that Labour brought about the "boom".
What he doesn't tell you is that the UK was already well recovered by 1997, after the last recession, thanks to Tory policies and Labour inherited a massive budget surplus.
Now, thanks to uncontrolled spending, we have turned a £10 Billion surplus into a £20 Billion deficit. The treasury now pays £27 Billion a year ON INTEREST PAYMENTS ALONE for the money we now owe due to unfettered Labour spending on NHS target managers, paying the lazy to not work and housing hordes of people from other countries that offer nothing in return.
Yes, I went there. I touched on the immigrant issue. You can't sweep it under the rug for ever with shouts of "racism". It's a real issue that needs addressing and ask any man in the street on his opinion and you'll fiond it differs markedly from the Government line of "multiculturalism".
Originally posted by WatchRider
From an idiot who plundered the pensions of the UK and flogged all the gold at rock-bottom prices...
Philip Hammond, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said: "Gordon Brown's sale of our gold reserves at the bottom of the market was an unmitigated disaster. This spectacular display of economic incompetence has left taxpayers nursing an estimated loss of nearly £4bn. "If the prime minister can't be trusted to manage our gold reserves, how can we trust him to run a British bank?" he asked.
Originally posted by dodgygeeza
reply to post by monkeybus
I heard from a few MPs that Brown is often likened to Stalin. I can see the connection. If they did have "Dirt" on Blair, that only shows how screwed this country is when our leader resorts to blackmail.