Soldato
Debt repayments are about 3% of GDP, lower debt means lower repayments. Debt and deficit are as important as each other.
Poll: General election voting round 5 (final one)
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The thing that needs to be clear is that votes don't necessarily give you MPs. Popular votes don't count much in a FPTP system.
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Conservatives now want to cut benefits. I don't like the idea of the poorest people having even less just so the rich can have a bit more. This means less money for someone on an average income in this country.
Voting Green.
Voting Green.
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Indeed.
Soldato
I'm not against working child benefits in principle but how much of a factor is it that working parents get stuck in their ways and are unwilling to sacrifice their lifestyle choices at the expense of the taxpayer?
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The decision to prosecute isn't the government's to make. Bailing out the banks, though unpleasant is regarded as the best course of action. Public spending before the crash was tiny in comparison to what we had to spend during the crash - the simple fact is that no amount of "prudent" spending prior to the crash would have made a blind bit of difference. It was the speed of change - in GDP and in public spending that caused a shock to the system, not the actual levels of either.
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Of course I would. But then this comes back to my debate about whether people are (or are not) in a position to have children
Correction, *lots* of people saw the financial crisis coming. No-one was prepared to do anything about it though. All parties are as bad as each on that front, they'll never do the responsible thing and raise interest rates to reign in the property market, better to let everyone run up debt and feel wealthy, act surprised at the crash, and then have an easy ride on the opposition bench for a few years before the other party screws things up and it's your go again.
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Why so hostile to Scots? The majority voted against secession and vote for Unionist parties. The SNP only have about 45% of the votes north of the border.
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Because every vote for Nigel counts as a step closer to Downing Street for Ed?
Plus you know - the whole xenophobia and trollism in second decade of 21st century...
This is very true, in 1997 UKIPs predecessors the UK Referendum party got 2.6% of the vote (over 800k) but not a single MP (they did however cost the tories a number of MPs, just like UKIP are expected to).
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Wanting to have control of your borders is xenophobia?
UKIP policies are far from xenophobic; they want closer relationships with Commonwealth nations. I think what you mean to say is anti-immigrant, but they are not even that. They are fine with limited immigration.
So maybe, what you should actually have said is:
I can understand why that would panic some people, sure. Common sense is the enemy of your average lefty.
I should have added a "". Note I didn't query the rest
Lol
initially I thought you were one of them, the onanists, soz dude.
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Sorry, voted elsewhere this time
They're watching you and keeping a file, any threat to the union must be CRUSHED even if it means letting paedphiles carry on their evil deeds!
Soldato
It's not even Election Day and labour are already imploding. Just heard Blunkett.
That's not what caused the financial crisis though
The US sub-prime collapse was just the trigger that brought all the UK irresponsible lending chickens home to roost. When I was a student I was getting given 5 figure limit credit cards like candy, totally ridiculous, along with interest rates being too low for too long, 100%+ mortgages and other insanity. All the no-questions-asked credit went away and people couldn't rely on their house appreciating 10%+ a year..etc.etc.
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