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Old Apr 27th 2017, 3:50 am
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[QUOTE=LoCarb;12239210]"..gentle inefficiency in pursuit of a better world."
George Monbiot. The Guardian

That's some skewed view of the labour party as it stands! Typical Monbiot
It's a rudderless basket case in the throes of self destruction. Sad for democracy really.
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Old Apr 30th 2017, 1:02 pm
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Originally Posted by scot47
Tories will win on 8 June. Nothing surer.
That'll be the death of the NHS then! ... and the rich getting richer!
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Old Apr 30th 2017, 5:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Robbie2010
That'll be the death of the NHS then! ... and the rich getting richer!
Once the NHS stops treating all and sundry that are not entitled to treatment it will be fine. And as long as we are all getting richer I don't mind if the rich get richer. It's when we all get poorer under Labour and still the rich get richer that I object!
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Old Apr 30th 2017, 8:00 pm
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if you want to vote you need to register:

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

you will need your passport details

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Old May 1st 2017, 4:19 am
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It's so frustrating being unable to vote in the election when the result will decide the country I'll be returning to.
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Old May 1st 2017, 10:50 am
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Got confirmation of my postal vote, and I'll probably use it, despite it being worthless in the national picture - the Electorate despite a few boundary changes has been in the hands of the same party with very comfortable majority since the 1930's.

The NZ system despite resulting in number of non constituent MPs does at least mean everyone's vote does count in the national picture, and landslides aren't achieved with barely 40% of the vote, a la Thatcher and Blair.
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Old May 1st 2017, 8:38 pm
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So you have three votes this year. Lucky devil
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Old May 3rd 2017, 11:01 am
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UKIPs Diane Abbott continuing to be the Tory parties biggest asset...

I suppose she'll go abroad and recruit 10,000 scandinavian police officers to fulfill the £300,000 cost.
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Old May 4th 2017, 8:48 pm
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Funny I though DA was Lib/Dem
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Originally Posted by Woodlea
Once the NHS stops treating all and sundry that are not entitled to treatment it will be fine. And as long as we are all getting richer I don't mind if the rich get richer. It's when we all get poorer under Labour and still the rich get richer that I object!
You must live in a dreamworld if you still believe in "trickledown" economics where everyone gets richer.
The Tories are all about privatising the NHS, cutting public services to the bone and beyond, and shafting everyone but the very wealthy.
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Originally Posted by Robbie2010
"trickledown" economics
There is no school of economics that has ever had any such theory or made any such proposal. It's a political construct rather than an economic one.
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Old May 5th 2017, 10:27 am
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Originally Posted by Charismatic
There is no school of economics that has ever had any such theory or made any such proposal. It's a political construct rather than an economic one.
Call it what you like it doesn't work!

Trickle-down economics is the greatest broken promise of our lifetime
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Originally Posted by Charismatic
There is no school of economics that has ever had any such theory or made any such proposal. It's a political construct rather than an economic one.

Have to agree there. It was a con-job to sell an ideology.
It was very successful for 30-odd years as people waited patiently for their share of the pie.

Can't be many that still believe it tho, but too late to do much about it as the 1% are firmly in charge.

The push for a TPP is an example of how the Right are still pursuing their agenda.
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Old May 6th 2017, 8:39 pm
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Diane Abbot is and has always been Labour. Although she sent her child to an independent school and waffles on about what was best at the time etc etc. A politician through and through. Labour won't win with Jeremy Corbin at the helm. I get the feeling Theresa May secretly wants to lose as Brexit is a pain in the backside but she may well win. No party wants to take Brexit on - it means they'll have to do some work for once. Boo hoo, we just like sitting in meetings and the sound of our own voices. Tired and jaded? Moi?
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Originally Posted by Tom H
UKIPs Diane Abbott continuing to be the Tory parties biggest asset...
Has Diane Abbott joined UKIP?

I know that i have been out of the UK quite a while now but things must have changed beyond recognition.
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