I notice that rumour has it Cameron is about to apologise to the Chinese government, as already have Merkel and Sarkozy, for hosting the Dalai Lama, thereby purportedly jeopardising £2b worth of British exports.
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beyond parody
beyond polemic
it will get worse; if there is a referendum i will vote for the establishment to leave the country ...According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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& where is the opposition in all this? The LibDems, who should be part of it, are part of the problem - I just don't believe Clegg's claim that it would be worse without them - just how much worse could it be? Labour? Invisible. Just bleating that they'll produce policies nearer the election, when they know what the situation is. If they don't know what the situation is by now, they should just get up & leave.Comment
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my sentiments exactly Flosshilde; you know you are in the deep doo doo, not when the government is bad, but when there is no effective or attractive opposition to the scoundrels ...According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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But don't forget - they're politicians. UKIP hovers on the near horizon. If this results in a Con-UKIP coalition that will be because the electorate has voted that way. Does one really believe that moving in a 'better', more humane direction will improve the chances of the country getting that kind of government? Or will it scupper the chances? Or doesn't that matter as long as you stick to your principles?Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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"Britain is actually quite unlike other developed countries which have made some limited progress in unchaining workers from their desks. As the OECD points out, we’re the only industrialised country where working hours are now longer than they were in the 1980s. Both better-off and poorer workers have been stuck in offices, factories and call centres for three hours more a week – while the average low-paid worker in other developed countries is working three hours fewer."Comment
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hmmmm
as is the debate about austerity politics in the UK and in the EU, phrased in terms of government debt, although really about which social groups will bear the costs of economic restructuring.According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Are you trying to say?/ What I say is....no decent conclusions were drawn from the Crédit Mobilier debacle, that could be brought into C21 fiscial policy........Indeed conclusions were drawn....what the modern banker modernised and authenticated was the way to still make money for themselves yet bankrupt the bank/nation....bong chingComment
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Here is an interesting article from the Indie.
Turns out work is good for your health, especially as we get older. I guess we knew subconsciously all along. Pity the indie failed to mention that the IEA is a right wing free market think tank.
I am glad that this kind of report has nothing to do with reducing benefits for most people, and reducing taxes for the benefit of a wealthy elite, because that could worry a person.Last edited by teamsaint; 16-05-13, 17:04.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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yes, tis a huge pity that the mainstream media often omits mentioning the political leanings of think tanks and other institutions whose 'research' it publishes.
as quoted from hedgehog's indie post, a journo criticises boris for his ill informed remarks about 'lazy brits' (up thread). imv boris knows firsthand all about laziness, (not to mention sloppy, and dim wittedness)
'Those not languishing in the misery of unemployment work very hard indeed. According to a study by Professor Francis Green, full-time male workers slog for longer hours than anywhere else in Europe. The average Briton puts in 42.7 hours a week: in the EU, only the Austrians and the Greeks are stuck in their workplaces for longer. And then there’s the three million workers spending more than 48 hours of their precious waking hours busting a gut at work. Sloth indeed'.
no mention of oz..... and surprising to read about greek working hours too, baring in mind recent pernicious stereotypes about greeks being 'too busy sun bathing to save and pay tax' bla bla blah?Comment
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Why do we have adverts for Dubai on telly? Can anyone buy it?Comment
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No, but they're buying us.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
(I can never understand why anybody goes to Dubai for a holiday - too hot to go outside, & nothing to do but wander round air-conditioned shopping malls)Comment
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.... nah i'm on the pot ...Seems I've struck a nerve with my comments.
you do not need to tell us that you think greed is good and that you despise people, we can tell .... we know that you despise us and are having manipulative control fantasies in your head as you post ... we know that behind the malevolent dysfunction of your presentation here there is a .....According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Sorry Calum for spoiling a thread that was an intelligent source of hard neo-leftie liberal statistics and articles for misguided pseudo undergraduates.... Perhaps you ought to try an Austerity Con 2....
....Oh the punishment of luxury....<average internet forum posts / day = 2.26>bong chingComment
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every thing that has a beginning has an end .....
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