Poll: Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Mk II
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Soldato
The bill probably adds up. (Who am I kidding - when was the last time a government project met its budget?). But the income side of the equation is looking dodgy. Can they really raise that much through corporation tax hikes? And wont there be hidden costs of doing that? (E.g. pension funds are one of the biggest, if not the biggest stock holders. They're robbing pension funds to do it).
Could it balance? I guess, if you're optimistic.
I had my optimism removed as a child, though.
Caporegime
I assume you won't be voting Tory with posts like this then.
Soldato
On the nuke front I don't want a leader who would just start chucking them around willy nilly, that makes you the nutters.
Who wouldn't want to think through that sort of thing? JFK comes to mind with the Cuban missile crisis, these old codgers would be typing in launch codes, nutters.
Who wouldn't want to think through that sort of thing? JFK comes to mind with the Cuban missile crisis, these old codgers would be typing in launch codes, nutters.
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Are there any orange book Lib Dems left? Were they the last of the real Whigs?
Caporegime
There were indeed some nutters that seemed to be talking about striking first willy nilly, but some of the questions were around retaliation of which he said he'd do neither.
Not much point in a deterrent if any potential opposition knows you wouldn't use it.
Soldato
The only ones who would ever do it would be terrorist nutters, then who do you strike back against with nukes?
well they were heavily involved in the last coalition government, Nick Clegg is still around, Vince Cable is(was) supposed to be standing
Soldato
Still think that was one of the best governments we've had, can't understand why there is such hatred of coalition governments here.
Caporegime
Who knows what the state of the world will be like in 20/30/40/50 years?
I'd rather have it and not need it, than not have it and suddenly Iran, or N.Korea are suddenly on the sniff.
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Brexit is destroying us quicker than nukes. 
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Good thing that labour are renewing Trident then, maybe a government in 30 years might want to destroy the world instead.
Soldato
One of those nutters being our current defence secretary who said a pre-emptive strike was something he'd consider. I'd honestly prefer someone who had doubts about destroying Western civilisation, myself.
Soldato
I thought Corbyn was strong on terrorism and the economy (his answer on low paid migrant workers was very good), but he was a bit ill prepared on the obvious nuclear question. Should have just said it's not easy to be flippant and would totally depend on the circumstances at the time, plus pointing out the decision may ultimately rest with someone else.
Caporegime
Thankfully it's not Corbyn's choice.
How come you're a Corbyn fan this time - he seems totally at odds with that coalition government?
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