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The world according to Polly Toynbee

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    The world according to Polly Toynbee

    This irritating leftie continually bangs on about Scandanavia being a model way of life that we should copy:

    Let's give Polly Toynbee the Britain she wants – Telegraph Blogs

    So, yes, we really should do as Polly asks. Let's make this a country she can be proud of. School vouchers and academic and vocational streaming. Privatised emergency services. Local, not national, taxation. Abolish the national minimum wage. Get rid of inheritance and gift taxes. Raise VAT, cut corporate and capital taxation. Finally, destroy the "national" part of the NHS.
    I'll sign up to all of that. Thanks, Polly!
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

    #2
    Is this the Scandanavia that has less people than London, and the one that didn't squander its oil and gas wealth on social engineering experiments, but instead invested the money by creating sovereign wealth funds for it's people?

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      Is this the Scandanavia that has less people than London, and the one that didn't squander its oil and gas wealth on social engineering experiments, but instead invested the money by creating sovereign wealth funds for it's people?
      "FEWER" you ignorant **** !!
      When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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        #4
        Originally posted by zeitghost
        Yes.

        I think that's the one.

        The one where beer is £6/pint.
        If you can find a pub to drink it in.

        Or a hotel bar that stays open beyond 9pm.

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          #5
          Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
          "FEWER" you ignorant **** !!
          Fewer as well? Didn't know that.

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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            Is this the Scandanavia that has less people than London, and the one that didn't squander its oil and gas wealth on social engineering experiments, but instead invested the money by creating sovereign wealth funds for it's people?
            When I was last there, was told the population was around 9 million.

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              #7
              Originally posted by moggy View Post
              When I was last there, was told the population was around 9 million.
              Britain has seen more than that arrive over the 15 years of New Labour.

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                #8
                Fewer when it's a countable quantity. Less otherwise.

                Fewer people.
                Less populated.

                Fewer coins.
                Less money.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                  Britain has seen more than that arrive over the 15 years of New Labour.
                  That's not far from the truth* **.

                  Why didn't they go to Scandanavia instead of here, what with all that room?

                  *13 years plus 2 of the coalition
                  **A small proportion of that 10 million increase in population is births minus deaths

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
                    That's not far from the truth* **.

                    Why didn't they go to Scandanavia instead of here, what with all that room?

                    *13 years plus 2 of the coalition
                    **A small proportion of that 10 million increase in population is births minus deaths
                    the country is about the size of spain too!

                    granted, a lot of it covered in snow, for much of the year

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