Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 36199200)

So, well before your incitement below?

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 36199312)

Looks like NewsThump will be joining me in the “incitement” cell eh???

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36199142)

Somehow you missed this bit showing that Brexit made controlling migration harder. Guilty conscience?

https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...-king-12593360

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Simpliified:

Economy tanks. Therefore less tax revenue and more benefits to pay out to those not working.

That doesn't mean that the government does not cut spending elsewhere eg defence, councils, infrastructure, etc.

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36199407)

And over time the deficit would dramatically reduced as the economy recovered, without "austerity" being required. It took 8 years before it was brought down to pre-crash
levels. Labour still added over 250bn to the debt BEFORE the crash when the economy was supposedly doing well.

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 36199406)

If they look like Margot Robbie I wouldn’t mind

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36199408)

Not sure what you mean - that there wasn't austerity?

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36199411)

The accusation was made that the deficit was solely the result of the crash. If that was the case then as the economy recovered, the deficit would've quickly dropped without austerity being involved. It didn't, even with austerity, therefore a sizeable chunk of the deficit was purely down to Labour overspending.

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36199432)

She is the fifth MP to be suspended by the party this week.