Christmas Tree 4003 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14135 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Ah, those famous Belgian holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Jesus christ, what channel is that?! If that's not channel 5 I'll chew off my own ball sack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14135 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 To get Hinkley off the ground the energy department had to promise to pay investors a guaranteed, index-linked “strike price” of £92 per megawatt hour, or double the current market price, and do so for an incredible 35 years. It had to pretend to Brussels this was not a subsidy because consumers, not taxpayers, were the ones being ripped off. It also had to pretend that guarantees were not subsidies. The Chinese wanted not just a return of 10% but a guarantee of 10%. Osborne has in effect borrowed £2bn for Britain from China at five times the cost of public sector bonds. Crikey. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/hinkley-point-squandermania-george-osborne-china?CMP=share_btn_tw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30740 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Trying telling anyone who gives a shit. That is the real disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26762 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Keeps it all off the books so the government can still claim to be reducing national debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Except the deficit jumped up again in the latest figures and earlier readings were also revised upwards. This bloke is a fucking cowboy achieving none of what he set out to do and yet none of the mainstream press seems to be reporting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It's quite amazing that the Tories still have the reputation of being the party of fiscal responsibility. I know a compliant media is half the battle (if not all) but it's getting ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14860 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Trying telling anyone who gives a shit. That is the real disgrace. Read Monbiot at the weekend...he says the Hinkley design is fundamentally flawed..EDF are building two the same on the continent and having proper grief. The whole national nuclear project, although being precisely what the country needs for future energy needs, is a fuckin disaster. EDIT: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/18/we-are-pro-nuclear-but-hinkley-c-must-be-scrapped Edited September 24, 2015 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/26/national-living-wage-osborne-cuts-poverty Welfare cuts more than offset any benefit from the "living wage". Old cheese face does it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/28/john-mcdonnell-defends-public-right-to-protest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Did you see the bit about him appointing a panel of economic advisors including Stiglitz and Piketty. Pretty clever move given all of the criticism about Labour and the economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4003 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 See corbynisms over. The real bosses (unions) stepped in to stop the conference voting on Trident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah that'll be the finish of it. You nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20103 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 "Austerity is not an economic necessity. It's a political choice", John McDonnell tells the Labour conference. Damn right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30740 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 See corbynisms over. The real bosses (unions) stepped in to stop the conference voting on Trident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27448 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Aye, the real bosses in this country are the union 'barons'. Not the actual barons, lords and old Etonian wankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Did you see the bit about him appointing a panel of economic advisors including Stiglitz and Piketty. Pretty clever move given all of the criticism about Labour and the economy. They report to me bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20103 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 interesting quotes from the new shadow chancellor's conference address: “We are embarking on the immense task of changing the economic discourse in this country. We are throwing off that ridiculous charge that we are deficit deniers,” “We are saying, tackling the deficit is important but we are rejecting austerity as the means to do it. We are setting out an alternative based upon dynamically growing our economy, ending the tax cuts for the rich and addressing the scourge of tax evasion and avoidance.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20103 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 and analysis of key bits of mcdonnell's speech here. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/sep/28/john-mcdonnell-labour-conference-speech-analysis?CMP=twt_gu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) From a focus group that Labour have held: Mattinson says people do not know much about Corbyn. They are not even sure what it means when it is said he is leftwing. And they had heard he supports the IRA; they don’t like that, she says. She says they liked the new way he did PMQs. But they thought Corbyn looked a bit scruffy. And a bit old-fashioned. One person said he looked as though he did not own an iPad. That was not intended as a compliment. Honestly, this country deserves the politicians it gets. Edited September 28, 2015 by Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 People are basically clueless wherever you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20103 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 McDonnell's speech being criticised for being light on actual policy. Nice to hear a genuine alternative argument though even if it was lacking precise detail of how it'll all be implemented. Real battle now is to unite the parliamentary party and start trying to win the public debate, all while preparing for osborne's political traps and the inevitable warfare from Murdoch and friends. Good luck with that Jezza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Good news CT. This Picasso painting is going to run for Conservative leader when Cameron goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Dinner lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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