AgentAxeman

Certainly not their expense fiddles... Footnote (Again allowed to fester and fester under greedy labour) the wound may have been allowed to fester, but the knifing came from the Tories. yes but it was still allowed to fester!!

well thats a pretty sad story there Fish but do you think kids in the 70's wernt out at 10pm, bored shitless! do you honestly believe things were better in the 70's than 80's? if you do then you wernt there!! strikes every week, power cuts every couple of days, no heating, no lighting, no garbage collection, little food on the shelves?. its no wonder communitys were stronger then as everyone had to rally around and share the meagre posessions they had. personnaly, i think life was better in the 80's/90's. rose tinted specs there bud. looking back wuith a nostalgic eye etc.............. Kids are now just consumers like their parents. well yeah, but its easy to be consumer led when theres actually something there to consume!!

i assume you're talking about selling of the council houses?? i dont know ANYBODY that did'nt make a profit out of that.

well thats a pretty sad story there Fish but do you think kids in the 70's wernt out at 10pm, bored shitless! do you honestly believe things were better in the 70's than 80's? if you do then you wernt there!! strikes every week, power cuts every couple of days, no heating, no lighting, no garbage collection, little food on the shelves?. its no wonder communitys were stronger then as everyone had to rally around and share the meagre posessions they had. personnaly, i think life was better in the 80's/90's. rose tinted specs there bud. looking back wuith a nostalgic eye etc..............

Thatcher was driven by idealogy? so what is Brown driven by? Brown is being pragmatic cos the countrys skint? - Who's been in charge of the purse strings for the last 13 yrs? Stopped pretending to be socialist?? - do you mean they really are? btw, i agree that Thatcher was the biggest bitch under the sun but i dont hate her for it. at the time the country needed someone like that to drag it out of the shite which was th late 60's/70's Did you have a point? If so, what is it please? i was gonna ask you the same question but i probably wouldnt get a sensible answer. you're simply blinded by hate for the woman. theres a point for you to consider! not saying that you may not have a reason for that. just saying that its clouded you're impartiality.

didn't take long for mother teresa to arrive! Does it ever cross your mind that She was democratically elected again and again and again? Or is democracy only important when it suits YOUR agenda. As I recall a majority of people who voted didn't return her party, let alone a majority of the population. The general apathy you see now towards voting was born out of those experiences. Turnout at UK General Elections: 1918-2001 Valid votes as % of electorate Northern United England Wales Scotland Ireland Kingdom *1918 55.7% 65.9% 55.1% 69.5% 57.2% 1922 72.8% 79.4% 70.4% 77.2% 73.0% 1923 71.1% 77.3% 67.9% 76.5% 71.1% 1924 77.4% 80.0% 75.1% 66.7% 77.0% 1929 76.6% 82.4% 73.5% 63.8% 76.3% 1931 76.1% 79.3% 77.4% 74.5% 76.4% 1935 70.7% 76.4% 72.6% 72.0% 71.1% 1945 73.4% 75.7% 69.0% 67.4% 72.8% 1950 84.4% 84.8% 80.9% 77.4% 83.9% 1951 82.7% 84.4% 81.2% 79.9% 82.6% 1955 76.9% 79.6% 75.1% 74.1% 76.8% 1959 78.9% 82.6% 78.1% 65.9% 78.7% 1964 77.0% 80.1% 77.6% 71.7% 77.1% 1966 75.9% 79.0% 76.0% 66.1% 75.8% 1970 71.4% 77.4% 74.1% 76.6% 72.0% 1974 Feb 79.0% 80.0% 79.0% 69.9% 78.8% 1974 Oct 72.6% 76.6% 74.8% 67.7% 72.8% 1979 75.9% 79.4% 76.8% 67.7% 76.0% 1983 72.5% 76.1% 72.7% 72.9% 72.7% 1987 75.4% 78.9% 75.1% 67.0% 75.3% 1992 78.0% 79.7% 75.5% 69.8% 77.7% 1997 71.4% 73.5% 71.3% 67.1% 71.4% 2001 59.2% 61.6% 58.2% 68.0% 59.4% * Figures for Ireland not Northern Ireland Sources: British Electoral Facts: 1832-1999, Parliamentary Research Services House of Commons Library data not really true, infact, i think you'll find that the lowest turnout ever was in 2001. lets see if i can remeber who was in power at that time........................?

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People comparing Brown to Thatcher clearly didn't experience the 1980s, particularly the North East in the 1980s. Actually, I believe Avatar Axeman did, but he's a stupid twat. and you're a complete dick end!!

Thatcher was driven by idealogy? so what is Brown driven by? Brown is being pragmatic cos the countrys skint? - Who's been in charge of the purse strings for the last 13 yrs? Stopped pretending to be socialist?? - do you mean they really are? btw, i agree that Thatcher was the biggest bitch under the sun but i dont hate her for it. at the time the country needed someone like that to drag it out of the shite which was th late 60's/70's

Source?? Torygraph. probably just paper/agent talk. not sure droopy really needs another striker.

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Happy, please dont tell me that people are turning against Jesus incarnate!! I dont think i could handle it!!

Try driving in France, tolls probs cost more than fuel. Aye but they're not imposed simply to cover construction costs, are they? I think they actually fund France, can't really see any other way that country makes money... manufacture of white flags? Nasty!!

I see that Gordon Brown, the financial wizard is at it again.......... Government's £16bn sale of assets Gordon Brown is to announce the sale of £16bn worth of assets by the government in a bid to shore up public finances. The prime minister will give details of initial sales which could raise £3bn - including the Tote, the Dartford crossing and the student loan book. He will announce the sale in a speech on Monday as an alternative to immediate cuts proposed by the Tories. The Conservatives said the sale was "probably necessary" but "no substitute for a long-term plan". Mr Brown will say premature cuts risk "snuffing out" the economic recovery when the job of fixing the global economy is only half done. The plan is to sell a "portfolio of non-financial assets" held by Whitehall and local authorities over the next two years. They will include the Tote bookmakers, Dartford crossing, the student loan book, the Channel Tunnel rail link and - having protected national security - the government's stake in Urenco. It is no substitute for a long-term plan to get the country to live within its means Conservative Party spokesman This is a European uranium consortium, in which the government has a 33% stake. It supplies equipment to enrich uranium for the nuclear industry. The government will also sell surplus real estate which is part of the £220bn owned by its departments and agencies. "We need a deficit reduction plan that supports growth and jobs not one that snuffs out recovery before it has started," the prime minister will say. "Restoring public finance sustainability must be done in a way that supports growth not destroys it. The failure to do so is the real risk of a lost decade of austerity." The funds raised will help finance new capital investment and pay down debt, Mr Brown will say. In April, Chancellor Alistair Darling forecast that public borrowing this year would reach a record £175bn over the next two years. A Conservative Party spokesman said: "As any family knows selling off things helps in the short-term and, given the state the country is in, is probably necessary but it is no substitute for a long-term plan to get the country to live within its means." The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, said the policy was fundamentally flawed. He said: "Part of the problem here is that a lot of the family silver's already been sold. There isn't very much left, I mean the last government had massive disposal of assets and there's only a little bit, there are a few offerings left. "What worries me about the government proposal is that they're proposing to sell off in very depressed markets, under very depressed markets for land and for shares. "The student loan book is a slightly easier thing because it's government backed, but they're going to get very distressed prices. This is not a good time to sell assets." Number 10 said the sale marks the beginning of a radical assessment of what other non-core government business activities can best be done by, or in partnership with, the private sector. However Downing Street added that although these actions are important, a vital force for debt reduction will be the restoration of strong, sustainable growth within the economy. Didnt they try and sell the Tote a couple of years ago?? I wonder what price they'll get for it now! I'm willing to bet it's for less this time around! Wot a fookin MORON this guy is!!

Opeth - Blackwater Park. fookin gr8 album!!!!

??? He looks a decent player tbh. whats that above your head?? could it be.................... Sarcasm!!!!

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is that how Wesley Ngo Baheng got his shirt then??

tbh i dont think Harper is good enough even with all the shit goalkeepers about atm. i think we're all looking thro black n' white tinted specs here!!

yup, what Tom said

Congratulations to you and your fella!!

Chez, he was in power for a total of 2 weeks before the closing date of nominations. wtf did he achieve in that time?? very thinly vieled attack on Bush imo!! oh, and we wont mention the extra 40000 troops thats about to be deployed, shall we?? That's something I hadn't considered. Ironically he's probably earnt the award for his pre-election rhetoric as opposed to his actions. pre election rhetoric?? thats about as reliable as............. well, something VERY unreliable. in fact, i do believe he's gone back on a few pledges already. Tom had a bit of a laugh earlier about the new world order theory. i reckon i may have to re-study the evidence just in case!!

Chez, he was in power for a total of 2 weeks before the closing date of nominations. wtf did he achieve in that time?? very thinly vieled attack on Bush imo!! oh, and we wont mention the extra 40000 troops thats about to be deployed, shall we??

Not being Dubya presumably. I think its a bit unfair to dismiss his presidency so far as just this. If the Republicans / neo-cons had continued in power, we'd have been at war with Iran by now. Its not as if Obama has just not got aggressive (as per Dubya) with countries like Iran, he has actively sought out new ways of interacting across borders. Fair enough, it was a bit tongue-in-cheek anyway. Seems extremely premature though. When's he gonna walk on water. or turn said water into wine?? as i said before UnFrigginBelievable!!!

seriously tho, Why?? UnFrigginBelievable!!