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I agree and I'm just pointing it out for those who seem to feel Labour are paragons of virtue compared to their opponents. They're clearly not. ;)

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FromSeems like it's you that's got one eyed syndrome .....

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It's great that Labour are so committed to stamping out the avoidance of tax via such devices as offshore companies/trusts that they're suddenly thinking about moving out of the shiny offices they rent from one such...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09dwr7h

From 27 minutes into the interviews.



No hypocrisy evident there eh? :rolleyes:

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The case of one eyed syndrome is confirmed.

I don't think Tory fan boys can preach on Tax evasion/avoidance, given the number of years they've been in power and allowed these loop holes to continue for the rich/famous/themselves. One rule for us, one rule for the plebs....

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Well, Labour weren't exactly proactive on this during all the years they were in power. The Conservatives are at least working on this.

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Why have they waited 7 years??

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We all know of Labours failures when in power last but the onus has been on the Conservatives for the last seven years and thus so far l see considerable deteriorations rather then any improvements..

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Well look at the mess inherited by the new government in 2010 after Labour's 13 years in power. The Tories didn't have a majority like Labour enjoyed throughout their tenure, they had to form a coalition and it's only been since 2015 that we've had a Tory government in office so let's not blame them for everything that's happened since Labour got the boot.

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Why did Labour wait 13?

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I think you underestimate the length of time it takes to fix a broken economy, old chap. Labour didn't have a clue.

And they still believe in the money tree. Even now. Will they never learn? You don't need to respond, we all know the answer to that.

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Quite right. And now they are trying to manage very serious issues in a minority government, with Labour trying to trip them up every step of the way.

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But one is not talking about the Labour party and its disasters as its the Conservatives who are in power and yet you seem to want to absolve them of any responsibilities for this countries current ills and their policy disasters which there are many..

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Yep Labour did not have a clue but the Conservatives are just as hopeless IMO as we see in this current mess.

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Well the Conservatives seem to adopted that same policy of late unless you have convenient memory loss.

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And if the roles were reversed they were not do exactly the same thing?.

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Not really but you do have to accept the scale of the financial mess that was inherited from Labour in 2010 which was unprecedented in our lifetimes. No matter what mistakes the Tories have made the country was in a far more perilous position in 2010 than it was when Blair and Labour took the helm in 1997. That's a fact and many of the decisions made by Brown and Blair are going to haunt this country for decades no matter who's in power.

FWIW I think the UK specifically and the world in general is in the most difficult position since WWII and it's about time our politicians recognised that and started working on achieving a concensus of opinion on how we steer ourselves out of the mire. It won't happen of course because power is what they all want and they'll happily scupper the other side simply to achieve it, without really thinking too much about the consequences of chaos.

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The UK was moderately placed to deal with the banking crisis when it came. At some point the Conservatives should have to answer as to why our growth continues to be stagnant whilst even the bloody Eurozone is growing nicely. America went down the stimulus route after the crash and their economy has been doing far better than ours.

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Although Brexit's effects are unknown and have caused a great set back in investment and an uplift in inflation, I would argue that the banking crisis of 2007/8 was the most difficult since WW II for many countries.

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Time to shift my savings to an off shore account...:D

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Many a true word spoken in jest?

Meanwhile in the really nasty party:

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That may have been a few years ago and she claims to regret those words but leopards rarely change their spots.