Well done Smarmy Dave and Lapdog for bringing the economy to a halt.

[spooky3 10]

Can you read? Economic growth has shrunk from 0.6% pa to .1%.

 

Can you, they also say the recent shrink is due to revised figures from before, figures which Labour manipulated to hide the truth.

 

Funny or what, you're moaning about your lot again, oops

[Anna B 1,414]

"In the Century after 1700, millions of people lived in desperately poor conditions, deprived of any meaningful say in their own destiny, and condemned tho lives of demeaning drudgery, they relieved their frustrations with in spasmodic episodes of mob violence.

 

At the top a guilded elite maintained tight control over the levers of patronage. Under the oligarchic system nicknamed 'Old Corruption,' a handful of political families and their hangers-on jelously hoarded jobs and influence.

 

In 21st Century Britain we have come full circle. We are sacrificing the gains that Britain made in the decades after 1945. With social mobility in retreat, power and wealth have, slowly but unmistakenly, begun to migrate into the hands of a relatively small elite"

 

So it says in the book 'The New Few.' What is surprising is this is the view of Old Etonian and Baronet Ferdinand Mount, who ran the number 10 Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher and then headed the Right-wing Centre for Political Studies.

 

So much for it being the Politics of envy / communist / left wing / crack pot propaganda....

[green 10]

 

So it says in the book 'The New Few.' .

 

Anna who is the author? Would you recommend it?

[spooky3 10]

Anna who is the author? Would you recommend it?

 

AFAIK (or can see) it's not released until the 26th April 2012, hmm, so no reviews on Amazon, but here is a Mail review...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2132919/Bankers-drowning-money-Out-touch-politicians-Unaccountable-quangocrats-Not-generations-run-Britain-far-removed-common-man.html#ixzz1segFbiAW

[polo mint 10]

And increasing unemployment is helping how?

 

As for MP's expenses, there were MP's on the fiddle from all 3 main parties, and no doubt some are still.

 

Theres a very interesting graph here which seems to suggest that unemployment was falling rapidly when Labour came to power in 1997, but actually rose whilst they were in government. Now and after a small rise as the public sector was trimmed back it has checked and is falling again. I should imagine by the time of the next election unemployment will be considerably less than it was in 2010.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17752753

Edited April 22, 2012 by polo mint

[green 10]

AFAIK (or can see) it's not released until the 26th April 2012, hmm, so no reviews on Amazon, but here is a Mail review...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2132919/Bankers-drowning-money-Out-touch-politicians-Unaccountable-quangocrats-Not-generations-run-Britain-far-removed-common-man.html#ixzz1segFbiAW

 

Thank you.

[I1L2T3 10]

Cameron's father began the business in 1979 and he died just after the general election.

 

Before 1979 it was illegal to take money out of the country without government permission - ISTR no more than £50. I don't imagine that you would like to live in that sort of country?

 

As for tax havens, well they are there and we have all sorts of screwed up opinions about them both good and bad, but how do you think those nations' economies would fare without being centres for finance?

 

Just how would you propose dealing with tax havens?

 

Maybe George Osborne has some ideas:

 

"I regard tax evasion and, indeed, aggressive tax avoidance, as morally repugnant,” - George Osborne, March 2012

[studentbob 10]

Theres a very interesting graph here which seems to suggest that unemployment was falling rapidly when Labour came to power in 1997, but actually rose whilst they were in government. Now and after a small rise as the public sector was trimmed back it has checked and is falling again. I should imagine by the time of the next election unemployment will be considerably less than it was in 2010.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17752753

 

I wouldn't count on it. Unemployment's decline post 1993 was due to the very weak Pound against the German Mark, which the Pound had been shadowing before the ERM debacle; and the fact that even John Major realised that you cannot cut your way out of recession.

[I1L2T3 10]

They've more than halted it. They've reversed growth. We're officially now in recession after a further 0.2% contraction in output.

[Riannon 10]

They've more than halted it. They've reversed growth. We're officially now in recession after a further 0.2% contraction in output.

 

As the figures don't come out till tomorrow your post seems to reflect what you wish to see rather than state anything truthful. Why do want to see theeconomy back in recession. Wasn't it bad enough when Labour was in charge and the economy shrunk by more than 6% over raher more than 2 quarters?

[I1L2T3 10]

As the figures don't come out till tomorrow your post seems to reflect what you wish to see rather than state anything truthful. Why do want to see theeconomy back in recession. Wasn't it bad enough when Labour was in charge and the economy shrunk by more than 6% over raher more than 2 quarters?

 

Now they just came out five minutes ago.

 

I know some people in the government don't know what day it is but please, not the supporters too :hihi:

[MadManMoon 10]

Can you read? If you can't there is a coloured picture for you..

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8479639.stm

 

Labour piddled away all the money and all the growth. When we start approoaching that debacle again, come back and complain.

 

Labour piddled away the money to save the Banks. If the Tories had been in office they would have done the same thing because there was no other choice.

 

Blaming Labour might fit in with what you want to believe but the facts are completely different to your fantasy world.