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reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 02:17 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by SaturnFX


The UK has had a socialist government for over a decade. Enough said.



(And there has to be no doubt pen-pushers have been working all hours to get the % figure into positive territory.)


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 02:20 PM by thoughtsfull
Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by SaturnFX


The UK has had a socialist government for over a decade. Enough said.

(And there has to be no doubt pen-pushers have been working all hours to get the % figure into positive territory.)


Yer, enough said about NuLabour, bet they've been working a while to cook those books.. not sure the cons will be any better tho


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 02:27 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by thoughtsfull


"Well Stanley (I mean Gordon) - that's another fine mess you've gotten me into."

Labour = spend money we don't have & sell the family silver (gold actually)

Cons = overheated bubble economy

(Lib-Dem = "What's a cabinet?")

So what's left? Vote MRL?..


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 02:39 PM by thoughtsfull
reply to post by pause4thought


There is no real choice between, dumb, dumber or dumbest.

Really, I can't even work out my voting criteria yet.. should I go for the colour of their ties? since that will be a more positive approach when compared to the polices each are spouting.


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 03:04 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by thoughtsfull


Personally I prefer the scientific approach. Phrenology to be precise.


In the red corner we have:




In the blue Corner we have:




In the yellow corner we have:




And, finally, jumping on the rings we have:





Now look very closely. Very closely. Only one of these has any chance of keeping any money in hand by the end of even a single term in office.



*Note for those unfamiliar with Screaming Lord Sutch, sometime leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party



reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 03:16 PM by thoughtsfull
reply to post by pause4thought


hmmmm... an interesting approach..

So do you hope to find a brain amongst this lot them???

I'm impressed *claps* I didn't know they had one between them...

To all the unbelievers, see you can learn something new every day..


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 03:33 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by thoughtsfull


TBH I'm still working on my latest formula. Plus Lord Sutch's insistence on accuracy meant his head circumference was only ever officially measured in quanta.

I was, however always struck by the basis of his economic policy, his much-maligned Theory of a Nice Piggy-Bank, whereby a government would never spend more than it could afford. Of course once the cat was out of the bag the MRLs were never again considered serious candidates, in effect becoming the laughing stock of the political world.

I know it sounds bizarre, but it seems everything else has now been tried - maybe they deserve a chance?


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 03:58 PM by thoughtsfull
reply to post by pause4thought



Lol, thanks for making me smile

In all honesty, if they were putting up candidates in this area, that would be where my vote would go, without a shadow of doubt or second thought

We burnt a few piggies this way last 5th... which is now one of my favourite pictures



that greedy pig virus has more to answer for than swine flu


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 04:43 PM by Jacob08
reply to post by SaturnFX


The Labour party is left leaning in the UK, just like our Labour party. To confuse things even further our conservative party is called the Liberal Party. In the UK it's the "Torries" or conservatives which I'm sure is less confusing for Americans. Anyway to make things simple I just refer to the right as neo-cons and the left as neo-coms regardless of nationality because there seems to be very few centrist parties these days.

[edit on 26-1-2010 by Jacob08]


reply posted on 26-1-2010 @ 06:46 PM by Rockpuck
reply to post by SaturnFX


The economy is rarely ever challenged or fixed by a President/prime minister or elected official except through taxation .. Liberals tend to raise taxes during down economies, Conservatives tend to cut taxes. Depending on what kind of recession/depression either one can be good or bad.

If you look at both the US and the UK .. all financial decisions are made by non-politicians .. both have centralized banking, and both countries economic advisers are not affiliated with one party exclusively (Obama for instance uses many of the same economic advisers from the same sources as Bush did)

Governments are just taking the blame for what banks did to us.


reply posted on 27-1-2010 @ 03:08 AM by Freeborn
I think Rockpuck has it about right.

The people that run our economies and dictate policy remain constant regardless of who the elected government is.

What the exact National Debt is open to debate as it currently doesn't include pension contributions and Private Financial Initiatives (PFI's).
The UK's natinal debt is currently measured at 61% of GDP, significantly higher than the safety limit of 40%.

A good introduction to the UK national debt and how it compares to other countries can be found here www.economicshelp.org...

When Brown bailed the banks out and thus significantly increased the national debt he did so under orders from TPTB and it would have been irrelevant which party was 'in power'.
They play a long game with only the advancement of their own agenda their only interest and concern.

Personally I see little improvement in the economy.
A lot of my friends run building and construction related businesses and they are still struggling .


reply posted on 27-1-2010 @ 03:48 AM by GioTheGreek
reply to post by unicorn1


Tell me about it buddy....

They should be doing more to get tourists to England and SPEND some money now that the pound is low.... not fleece the underpaid population.
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