Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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There hopefull all the rebels will go away
of course they won't unless the mouse changing course, and hes said he won't
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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The perfect present for a Cabinet minister facing the chop
Following a spate of thefts, ministers are now allowed to buy their red boxes
As the ultimate souvenir for years of public service, it certainly beats a carriage clock.
The catch is that you must have been a Minister of the Crown to get one.
One of Whitehall's best kept secrets can be revealed: that for a little under
£1,000 ministers can buy their very own red box to remind them of former
glories long after they have been sacked, reshuffled or defrocked by the voters.
Whitehall sources suggest that the decision to allow ministers to purchase
their own red boxes was made to discourage light-fingered frontbenchers
from "losing" boxes just before their departure from office.
"There have been very, very naughty instances of boxes going for a walk - usually
around election time," said one source. "What ministers need to realise is that
however attached they feel to their box, however much they feel it's a part of their
very being and soul, the proper route is to buy them and not steal them."
Manufacturers are expecting a ``Bumper`` order in near future......
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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how strange
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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George Osborne called us deficit deniers, but we were right.
His economic era is over
Osborne believed in a world of fantasy economics that had no
foundation in fact and was bound to fail, with devastating and cruel
consequences for ordinary people.
There is a broad consensus among economists that Osbornomics has failed.
In all likelihood it is too late now to do anything to turn the economy around
in time for the 2015 election.
Much is expected of Mark Carney, who takes over soon as the Governor of the
Bank of England, but he may well inherit a poisoned chalice; monetary policy
works with long and variable time lags.
Any move he makes will take around two years to have any real impact.
There is little or no sign of growth. The latest business surveys and mortgage
approval figures were weak, and the Bank of England's Credit Conditions Survey
suggested that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still not getting
financing. Triple-dip remains a real prospect, as are further downgrades to the
UK's credit rating. The UK economy has only restored half the 6 per cent drop in
output compared with the start of the recession in 2008.
This has been the slowest recovery in more than a hundred years.
Osborne insisted he had no Plan B and now it is obvious he really didn't. But he should have.
It isn't as if he wasn't warned. On 18 February 2010, 58 distinguished economists
wrote a letter to the Financial Times where they argued that the "timing of measures
should depend on the strength of recovery... with most of the consolidation taking
place when recovery is firmly established... the first priority must be to restore
robust economic growth."
Osbornomics has been nothing more than a visitation of evil spirits on the British economy
. Even the IMF has withdrawn its support, arguing that in all likelihood Osbornomics is
responsible for the poor growth performance.
So this is a recession made in 11 Downing Street. Plus, blaming what has happened
in the eurozone doesn't wash. Its problems were obvious in 2010; it was no time to
weaken the UK economy when our main export market was in trouble.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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and the next two [2] years will be full of disruption and strikes,walkouts etc.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Which won;t help brian
but is understanable
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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you'd think that with a degree in history and hands on experience folding towels at selfridges that george would have been an ideal chancellor.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Or maybe looked at his degree in history lol
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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he needs to be reeducated in the school of life,and live amongest sociatys riff raff.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i will make enquiries about local accommodation brian, i know a house of multiple occupation that has a room free.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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One day someone of the Left will articulate what this Plan B might look like.
Reg's yah-boo approach doesn't look much like a blueprint for getting the economy moving.
But you are right in one respect. This recession was finely crafted in 11 Downing St. In the years 1997-2010.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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UK households will be £891 a year worse off due to new tax changes.
Struggling families will lose thousands of pounds in the new financial year
while Government tax reforms save 13,000 millionaires an average of £100,000,
Among a raft of changes coming into effect today are the largest rise in the
personal allowance, which means that no one pays any tax until they earn more
than £9,440, and a fall in the higher rate threshold to £41,450.
But a one earner family with children will be £4,000 worse off on average in
the next 12 months under changes introduced since the Coalition took power
, according to Opposition analysis of figures published by the independent Institute
for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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some interesting findings reg
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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And your answers are.......yah-boo!!!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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oh dear peter
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Can't you see Keith, that Peter is saying to Reg that all he does is moan about what is going on (the yah-boo bit) but has no alternate "Plan B" that labour could/should be suggesting.
If you don't have another thought about what should be done, what's the point of posting - other than make inane comments ?
Roger
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Roger Walkden wrote: what's the point of posting - other than make inane comments ?
Roger
Keeps Keith's posting figures nice and high??????????
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Closets are ruffled this beautiful morning....................................
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Does appear that way reg
There are many differing opinions on the way forward and of course it comes as no surprize that the right and the closets all rally round on here
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Women to lose nearly £4bn in latest household budget cuts
Changes to benefits and personal taxation mean the female population is hit hardest
Nearly 94 per cent of the cuts to household budgets this year will directly hit women
, new figures revealed last night, as the battle over benefits switched to tax.
Cuts to child benefit and tax credits, and changes in personal taxation, that take effect
in 2013-14 amount to a net £4bn off the family budget - £3.778bn of which comes from
the purses of women, according research provided by the House of Commons Library
,Flashman and Ossie are not in the good books with Women and now they are
"shutting their eyes" to the impact their decisions were having on women, at the
same time as cutting tax for the richest.