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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The last 10 years has not been representative of 'Tory rule' because we have been in austerity during that time. An austerity caused by a banking crisis that could have been avoided had Gordon Brown and his cronies not spent all our money on socialist policies.
Now that we are coming out the other side of the tunnel, Boris is able to present us with an exciting agenda for the next five years, which will contain many of the things that the public have been crying out for without bankrupting the economy.
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What utter bovine excrement, we are coming out of austerity because it failed, they told us we had to do it to live within our means and reduce the national debt, neither of which the Tories managed, they missed the targets they themselves set on deficit reduction and added half a trillion to the national debt, for what, to punish the poor and hurt the vulnerable, the tories and their acolytes would have us believe that Labour were over spending but the percentage against gdp is the same now as it was pre banking crisis, what does that say about their stewardship, tells me they're either incompetent or deliberately targeting the weakest, poorest and most vulnerable in our society, so in the latter's case austerity might not have failed, they're not called the nasty party for nothing.
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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s hardly a pointless re-run if it’s a detailed outcome vs the status quo. Not my thoughts, that was Jacob Rees-Mogg!
It’s our public services too that are suffering. The country was never in danger of “going bankrupt”, indeed other countries have in the past used public sector investment projects to drive growth in the economy.
The “our hard earned money” line is the oldest line in the neo-liberal capitalist handbook. It ignores that money moves round the economy driving demand and promoting growth. Doctors, nurses and teachers spend money in the economy.
Money sitting in offshore accounts doesn’t do any of this. It just sits waiting to be inherited, with no tax paid on it when that happens.
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Jacob rees-smug who also says the people can't have a referendum on the final deal because "we might lose it", doubt he's ever been more honest in his life.
These companies want to use the infrastructure and public services this country provides but are less keen on contributing towards them
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Originally Posted by Pierre
No it isn’t, this election is all about Brexit. Corbyn will be desperate to not talk about Brexit as the Labour policy is stupid.
Labour will try to talk about anything other than Brexit.
If they succeed in changing the agenda they have a chance. If Brexit stays as the focus of this election they will find it challenging.
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Problem is general elections should never be about a single issue, important single issue stuff should be handled by a referendum, I myself am in a bit of a bind over this, I feel obligated to vote conservative because the mp helped my mother years ago but I don't like what the austerity they've championed for years has done to the country, seemed more ideological than anything and that's without even thinking about brexit.