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Two things happened in 1997 and 2010

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    Two things happened in 1997 and 2010

    1. New Labour came to power and then left.
    2. UK workless households double in 14 years - Telegraph

    Wow, another stunning Blair/Brown achievement!

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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    1. New Labour came to power and then left.
    2. UK workless households double in 14 years - Telegraph

    Wow, another stunning Blair/Brown achievement!

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    1933 - 1939

    10,000,000% inflation down to 0%

    Unemployment down from 15% to 0%

    Now that WAS a stunning Hitler/Goebbels achievement!

    Als das Kind Kind war......

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      1. New Labour came to power and then left.
      2. UK workless households double in 14 years - Telegraph

      Wow, another stunning Blair/Brown achievement!

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      I wouldn't get too excited about that. Thatcher with her naive upbringing of a grocer's shop and small town local government politics managed to devastate a lot of the country and send us on the route of being governed by London barrow boys rather than folks who made exportable goods.

      Small town snobbery extracted one hell of a price from the country.
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #4
        In 1997, Wilmslow went on a date and asked a girl out.

        In 2010, he eventually got the message she wasn't interested.
        What happens in General, stays in General.
        You know what they say about assumptions!

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          #5
          Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
          In 1997, Wilmslow went on a date and asked a girl out.

          In 2010, he eventually got the message she wasn't interested.
          Severe decomposition has that effect.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Sysman View Post

            I wouldn't get too excited about that. Thatcher with her naive upbringing of a grocer's shop and small town local government politics managed to devastate a lot of the country and send us on the route of being governed by London barrow boys rather than folks who made exportable goods.

            Small town snobbery extracted one hell of a price from the country.
            You socialists will never understand - It's like trying to explain Quantum Physics to a baboon.

            One can't profit from "exportable goods", like coal, if (former) third world peasants can export them for a tenth of the price!

            especially if you are hampered by bolshy sloppy work-shy workers as we were in the 70s, corrupted by decades of nationalised industry.

            (and I love the way you sneer at "barrow boys", and then in the same breath complain about snobbery )
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              #7
              Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
              One can't profit from "exportable goods", like coal, if (former) third world peasants can export them for a tenth of the price!

              especially if you are hampered by bolshy sloppy work-shy workers as we were in the 70s, corrupted by decades of nationalised industry.
              So why can't we subsidise those industries, the extra taxes from all those working men will pay for it
              Coffee's for closers

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                #8
                Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                So why can't we subsidise those industries, the extra taxes from all those working men will pay for it
                That's a clever idea, Gordon.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                  So why can't we subsidise those industries, the extra taxes from all those working men will pay for it
                  Ah yes, subsidise everything and it will pay for itself in extra tax income.

                  The financial equivalent to perpetual motion!
                  It's about time I changed this sig...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
                    Ah yes, subsidise everything and it will pay for itself in extra tax income.

                    The financial equivalent to perpetual motion!
                    Exactly!

                    Pay everyone to work in the public sector doing absolutely nothing, min salary £500K pa.

                    Voila!

                    No unemployment and benefits to pay and think of all the tax on those earnings!

                    Can I have my place in a left wing "think" tank please?

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