So in your view, everything that happens in the entire world and impacts the UK should be blamed on the government in office at the time? That's.... an interesting perspective.
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So in your view, everything that happens in the entire world and impacts the UK should be blamed on the government in office at the time? That's.... an interesting perspective.
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No, you've purposefully missed the point.
I am fed up with people saying, "The Conservatives are no different to Labour, the recession would have still occurred under them." But that's like saying, if I hadn't punched you in the face I wouldn't have committed assault. It makes no sense.
Now, what is the Labour party's economic plan? You would have thought after last time they would have one but I guess the improvements in the economy due to this Government leave them with nothing positive to contribute.
I am fed up with people saying, "The Conservatives are no different to Labour, the recession would have still occurred under them." But that's like saying, if I hadn't punched you in the face I wouldn't have committed assault. It makes no sense.
Now, what is the Labour party's economic plan? You would have thought after last time they would have one but I guess the improvements in the economy due to this Government leave them with nothing positive to contribute.
The point is that it isn't, and wasn't, a recession caused by Labour. In fact, had Osborne and Cameron done the things they said they wanted to do, it would probably have been worse.
edit Actually, let me modify that. Labour could have done things that would have reduced or largely eliminated the impact of the credit crunch but they would have been unpopular at the time and exactly the opposite of what the Tories called for. The continuation of Thatcherite policy by Blair has done lasting damage to this country; and New Labour deserve a hefty dose of blame for that; unfortunately with our narrow two party system we face the option of bad or worse.
Their economic plan is better than the Tories, and was better than the Tories before and after the last election. The coalition inherited a recovering economy, tanked it for three long years and have just now managed some weak growth that is already showing signs of flagging and is likely to tank again if the Tories carry out their plans. It astonishes me that anyone can look at the record of sheer economic failure of this government and think that it's to their credit.
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The government's policy of cheaper oil sure has worked. Thanks coalition!
I hope you're not ignoring me
Not that you should care with it being an internet forum and all that, but it's an ultra-simplistic view to take that everything that happens in the UK is due to whoever is in office at the time it happens, especially with something as large as the economy. If you are taking that view then you need to apply it in every situation rather than using it to reinforce your own personal opinions when it suits, on two parties that really aren't that different to each other.
People would also disagree with you on the extent of any recovery, but that's another matter. If you're genuinely interested then you'd listen to both sides rather than just being happy that you've found a place where you can surround yourself with similar opinions.
works both ways airbus requires french, German, and Spanish employees in their own countries to learn English as its the company language (largely because the British education system sucks for foreign languages while the rest of Europe is quite good.)
That's a good point actually; not speaking English is a huge barrier to entry into a whole range of jobs on the continent. In fact, there are many jobs on the continent where you don't even need to speak the local language.
There's certainly a lot of these jobs in software development. I would have a terrible time if the lingua franca wasn't English as I suck at languages. As it stands, I could get a job in any major European city without having a good grip of the local language.
Brits really benefit from the freedom of movement that the EU affords.
but then they'd be a dirty immigrant, cant have that
No, no, when we go abroad we're expats not immigrants
So Nick Clegg thinks history will judge his party 'very kindly' for their part in the coalition. What do you think?
My opinion would be somewhat different.
My opinion would be somewhat different.
he's a politician so he has to say this, but even he can't believe this.
Neither of the two opposing shower's of ****** show any intention of fixing what is broken with the UK, the property market.
It'll just be an endless cycle of the voting classes with their buy to let portfolios riding a boom bust cycle over and over again while the poor sods who can't scrape a deposit together pay their mortgages for them.
It'll just be an endless cycle of the voting classes with their buy to let portfolios riding a boom bust cycle over and over again while the poor sods who can't scrape a deposit together pay their mortgages for them.
It's not just Airbus. If you want to be in business in France or Germany (specifically speaking from experience), you need to be fluent in English.
Pretty much. That and the older generation(s). No one is brave enough to tackle either.
Labour have a few decent policies on this front, but nothing that really addresses the heart of the problem. I don't think mass ownership is necessarily a good thing; the problem is that renting in this country is so bad. Improved terms for renters and decent protections against bad landlords would go a long way to improving the problem and there are some words and policies on that front from Labour.
The Tories, meanwhile, are only offering policies like 'help to buy' which, while doubtless beneficial for the few that benefit, are short term patches that actually make the problem worse in the long term.
I was quite impressed how Nick Clegg handled one of these blame the west morons in a radio interview the other week but until they do something about mass immigration there's really no point voting for them as a party.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/08/charlie-hebdo-nick-cleggs-incredible-take-down-of-lbc-caller-who-blamed-west-for-attack-5013934/
Their sensible attitude to immigration is about the only thing going for the Lib Dems these days. Compared with the sound and fury from the Tories and Labour's spineless lack of, well, anything much they're the only one to speak out about the positives of immigration and the EU and the shameful way we treat refugees.
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