The Politics Thread

[Athers]

Christ
Answer is as we know, the unions elected him to say the strikes were right

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bfensm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[lovethesmellofnapalm]

I'm a Labour supporter ( was even a member until Blair scrubbed socialism out of the party equation) but it's clear they are heading for a Foot-esque level of humiliation with this eejit in charge

[Prufrock]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13971770

One of the most cringeworthy, embarrassingly repetitive interviews I have ever seen.



How on earth did that lot choose him over his generally very impressive brother? Amazing.

How about this one?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11627746" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's the same thing. It is unfortunate IMO however, that Ed does seem to be turning out quite a bit shit.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13971770

One of the most cringeworthy, embarrassingly repetitive interviews I have ever seen.



How on earth did that lot choose him over his generally very impressive brother? Amazing.

How about this one?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11627746" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's the same thing. It is unfortunate IMO however, that Ed does seem to be turning out quite a bit shit.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/ ... 107014023/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Prufrock]

It's like when Megson was in charge. Every now and then, as currently with the, ahem, 'standing up to Murdoch' he shows glimpses that he might not be fecking useless after all, only to slump back to form.

[Lord Kangana]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011 ... s-agencies" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-201 ... 10247.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I find it incredibly rich of the financial services to be so obtuse. Clearly a banking crisis begat a (western) worldwide sovereign debt crisis. That they wish to keep feeding at the trough and yet simultaneously attempting to tear countries to pieces is despicable. I think it might teach the world a lesson it won't forget if a major economy (say an Italy or Spain) does default. Because ultimately, nobody has the money to repay the banks a second time if they do. Sadly, and as always, it will simply be ordinary people that will suffer if that happens. So it can't. So the vicious downward spiral continues.

[Bruce Rioja]

Here's a gentleman that's quite happy to voice his opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4YMbsEm3ms" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lord Kangana]

Political correctness gone mad.

Who is that bellend, btw?

[Hoboh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011 ... s-agencies


http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-201 ... 10247.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I find it incredibly rich of the financial services to be so obtuse. Clearly a banking crisis begat a (western) worldwide sovereign debt crisis. That they wish to keep feeding at the trough and yet simultaneously attempting to tear countries to pieces is despicable. I think it might teach the world a lesson it won't forget if a major economy (say an Italy or Spain) does default. Because ultimately, nobody has the money to repay the banks a second time if they do. Sadly, and as always, it will simply be ordinary people that will suffer if that happens. So it can't. So the vicious downward spiral continues.

I actually hope the USA defaults the IMF and all these fookin' muppet credit rating companies will melt down its these knobs that are shit stirring right now!

[Lord Kangana]

I take it all back about the knock on the head.

Together we can sort this country out.

Now who's first against the Wall - Brown, Blair or Cameron?

[Hoboh]

I take it all back about the knock on the head.

Together we can sort this country out.

Now who's first against the Wall - Brown, Blair or Cameron?

Minor players your lordship, accountants, little dicked bankers and the likes are the scourge of the planet trying to control all the monoply imagineary cash be nice to see someone call their bluff.

[Prufrock]

Here's a gentleman that's quite happy to voice his opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4YMbsEm3ms" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well, I for one, am convinced.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Love those "balanced budgets" that are just an extremist right-wing tool to subjugate women.

Love erasing those deficits just by clicking a computer keyboard.

Love those parents paying money to have their children taught by this woman (a professor of Economics and Women's Studies at the University of South Maine).

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/07 ... st-friend/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lord Kangana]

I thought deficit spending was originally a Keynsian idea?

[William the White]

Love those "balanced budgets" that are just an extremist right-wing tool to subjugate women.

Love erasing those deficits just by clicking a computer keyboard.

Love those parents paying money to have their children taught by this woman (a professor of Economics and Women's Studies at the University of South Maine).

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/07 ... st-friend/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Tell us all the mistakes she makes...

It's a kind of jokey version of Keynesian economics...

Explain why you dismiss it, please?

But not before popping over to the Press, Politicians, Police thread and giving some much needed objective legal guidance to my post on 'willingly blind'...

[Zulus Thousand of em]

I think the phrase is "wilfully blind".

[Lord Kangana]

Its interesting that it seems fair game to argue that quantative easing was a prequisite of upholding our way of life, yet when it comes to an actual discussion of upholding our way of life, all bets are off. I've never quite understood how the two seem incompatable. If saving the banks precipitates us all being worse off, why save them, if the outcome would have been the same anyway? It seems to be a complete non-sequitur.

[William the White]

I think the phrase is "wilfully blind".

Yes - I think that's right...

[CrazyHorse]

Big shout out to the coalition again for getting something right.

The new junction 12 layout betwixt the M62 and M60 is a Godsend. The first English motorway improvement scheme this millennium that has actually eased congestion. Probably.