The Conservative Party - Part Two.

[hackey lad 3,950]

20 minutes ago, altus said:

Of course he is:

Was he Prime Minister then ?

25 minutes ago, Mister M said:

Mmmm.... taste the boot leather

Nowt wrong with backing a winner 

[altus 538]

4 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Was he Prime Minister then ?

Being Prime Minister is not a prerequisite to behaving in a Prime Ministerial manner.

[hackey lad 3,950]

Just now, altus said:

Being Prime Minister is not a prerequisite to behaving in a Prime Ministerial manner.

So thats a no then 

[altus 538]

5 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

So thats a no then 

That's an it's irrelevant to whether "he is always Prime Ministerial".

 

Would you prefer me to refer to hiding in fridges?

Edited September 7, 2021 by altus

[Mister M 1,609]

16 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

So thats a no then 

When he was staggering around on Armistice Day, looking and behaving as if he was drunk, that Prime ministerial?

Just imagine if Jeremy Corbyn behaved like that at the cenotaph.

[Anna B 1,401]

1 hour ago, hackey lad said:

Yeah Anna , lets bring JC back , he has all the qualities 

If you mean honesty, integrity, and genuine concern for the British people, then yes, he has the qualities.

[altus 538]

30 minutes ago, Anna B said:

If you mean honesty, integrity, and genuine concern for the British people, then yes, he has the qualities.

Corbyn lied about that train leaving London being full when there were plenty of seats free. He might not lie as much as Johnson but he's certainly capable of it.

[Longcol 597]

Meanwhile Johnson's plans to increase NICS to bail out the economy rich has been condemned as "morally bankrupt" by the right wing Adam Smith Institute.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/boris-johnson-stakes-reputation-on-12bn-fix-for-health-and-social-care

 

"The free-market Adam Smith Institute condemned the plans as “morally bankrupt”, saying the government was asking “poorer workers to bail out millionaire property owners”. It condemned the plan as “a kick in the teeth for all the young working people of this country who have already been hard done by the pandemic”.

[Guest sibon]

2 hours ago, hackey lad said:

Was he Prime Minister then ?

Nowt wrong with backing a winner 

Your keyboard is borked. 
 

Take a look at the “a” key, it seems to be typing “i” 

 

Similarly, one of your “k” keys is typing “n”. This bit seems to be an intermittent fault.

[Mister M 1,609]

8 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Meanwhile Johnson's plans to increase NICS to bail out the economy rich has been condemned as "morally bankrupt" by the right wing Adam Smith Institute.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/boris-johnson-stakes-reputation-on-12bn-fix-for-health-and-social-care

 

"The free-market Adam Smith Institute condemned the plans as “morally bankrupt”, saying the government was asking “poorer workers to bail out millionaire property owners”. It condemned the plan as “a kick in the teeth for all the young working people of this country who have already been hard done by the pandemic”.

Just been watching Newsnight, and it was reported that a 'red wall' seat MP was in tears fearing his voters will kick him out at the next election, "so that voters in richer areas can keep more of their assets"

[Anna B 1,401]

I keep on repeating this.... We must get the super rich like Bezos, Musk and assorted characters that lie under the radar to pay their fair share of tax. They wouldn't even miss it. A wealth tax of 0.5% on people with more than £20 million in the bank would solve our financial problems at a stroke, and they'd still have plenty left for a new yacht or two.  

 

Other countries seem able to do it, why can't we?

 

Edited September 8, 2021 by Anna B

[ECCOnoob 1,020]

52 minutes ago, Anna B said:

I keep on repeating this.... We must get the super rich like Bezos, Musk and assorted characters that lie under the radar to pay their fair share of tax. They wouldn't even miss it. A wealth tax of 0.5% on people with more than £20 million in the bank would solve our financial problems at a stroke, and they'd still have plenty left for a new yacht or two.  

 

Other countries seem able to do it, why can't we?

 

Do they?  Where?  How come they are still mega rich with their completely legal offshore arrangements, multi jurisdiction accounts and complex global corporate structures and subsidaries if its all so easy.....

 

Anyone can sit there squawking "tax the rich".    They do tax them.   

 

Anyone can demand "make them pay".

They do make them.  They pay what they law mandates they have to.  

 

Anyone can make pointless petitions to change the laws ......but think little of the consequences of such corporations being totally free to up sticks and go elsewhere....impacting our economy and decreasing our position on the global market.  

 

Anyone can demand a company "cuts their profits", but then what happens when such is followed by job cuts or slower growth..... how does that impact other parts of supply chain, other companies relying on supplying products to a larger one, their subsequent employees........on it goes   

 

Too many don't have the faintest idea of the complexities and potential wider fallout involved when they start spouting such simplistic gesturing.   

Edited September 8, 2021 by ECCOnoob