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Spray, delay, walk away
I know bankrupting a country isn't technically illegal, but clearly invading Iraq ain't either...
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(, Fri 22 Jun 2018, 10:05, archived)
I wrote a long post and then deleted it. I've come to despise politics almost as much as organised religion.
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Fri 22 Jun 2018, 10:10,
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See, I would have done this with Cameron and OsborneI guess it depends on what echo-chamber you inhabit...
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Barbarossa is not my real name,
Fri 22 Jun 2018, 10:51,
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given that it's the second time in a few days you've made a pic about blair and debtI should point out that debt as a ratio to GDP fell during the blair first five years, then stayed at low levels until he was out of power in 2007. It rose under Brown immediately after the GFC as it rose in most other countries, and continued to rise during the Tory years.
There's plenty of other things to level at the cunthorse blair, but debt isn't really one of them (though you could with Brown if you'd have preferred austerity in repsonse to the GFC I suppose) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_national_debt#/media/File:UK_Debt_to_GDP_ratio.png
(There's plenty of other things to level at the cunthorse blair, but debt isn't really one of them (though you could with Brown if you'd have preferred austerity in repsonse to the GFC I suppose) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_national_debt#/media/File:UK_Debt_to_GDP_ratio.png
cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Fri 22 Jun 2018, 10:55,
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It's funny that debt as a percentage of GDP DOUBLED in the Labour government and that graph is given as a defence of them!
Brown was at the wheel, but I think Blair getting off scot free does Brown a disservice really as the burning vehicle was very much in motion.
"There is no money left" is Labour's words, not mine, and stuck a middle finger to every man, woman and child in this country.
I think these lot get off far too lightly, and people are very quick to forget.
But anyway, let's not debate politics... b3ta is about the lols.
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Fri 22 Jun 2018, 11:38,
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Brown was at the wheel, but I think Blair getting off scot free does Brown a disservice really as the burning vehicle was very much in motion.
"There is no money left" is Labour's words, not mine, and stuck a middle finger to every man, woman and child in this country.
I think these lot get off far too lightly, and people are very quick to forget.
But anyway, let's not debate politics... b3ta is about the lols.
Spray, delay, walk away can be multi-purpose. This hasn't been proven yet... but will likely be true. Happy Friday!
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Fri 22 Jun 2018, 11:46,
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Are you saying the graph is wrong, or do you have trouble understanding data and how it correlates to their political terms in office ?Happy not to debate politics, just admit you’re wrong and I’ll move on
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Fri 22 Jun 2018, 15:50,
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The graph is right, and I think what I said is right... went from about 38% of GDP to about 72% of GDP in the Labour government (not quite double, I grant you, I was judging the numbers quickly) and has crept up a further 12% ish under five years of the coalition government.
What's the question?
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Fri 22 Jun 2018, 17:37,
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What's the question?
does this help?tradingeconomics.com/euro-area/government-debt-to-gdp
because i was just thinking...
this was a global thing. If you compare the previous graph to that of our closest neighbours (averages obviously skewed by the likes of Greece) it indicates that if you don't follow anti austerity measures, the situation improves. Conflating in the 'note' ( dark humour...this is b3ta and I would think if anyone could appreciate a dark joke in dark times) and the general whataboutery of your comment / the iraq reference one might think you are being at best, wilfully obtuse. I had tried to create you a graph with fox heads on sticks for you a la 'Day Today' but there's a point that, possibly like cumquat and Octo, I gave it up as a waste of effort.
(because i was just thinking...
this was a global thing. If you compare the previous graph to that of our closest neighbours (averages obviously skewed by the likes of Greece) it indicates that if you don't follow anti austerity measures, the situation improves. Conflating in the 'note' ( dark humour...this is b3ta and I would think if anyone could appreciate a dark joke in dark times) and the general whataboutery of your comment / the iraq reference one might think you are being at best, wilfully obtuse. I had tried to create you a graph with fox heads on sticks for you a la 'Day Today' but there's a point that, possibly like cumquat and Octo, I gave it up as a waste of effort.
unclepills,
Sat 23 Jun 2018, 11:11,
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Penny for the guy mister?
Me food bank is a bit bare, but dark humour sees me through those days.
*tips hat*
Thanks Guvnor.
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Sat 23 Jun 2018, 15:39,
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Me food bank is a bit bare, but dark humour sees me through those days.
*tips hat*
Thanks Guvnor.
I have no love for Brown and Blairbut the incumbent government's austerity measures have little to do with them.
If you want someone genuinely to blame for the global financial crisis of 2008 it was Reagan and Thatcher whose legacy of City/Wall St deregulation enabled the bubble which finally burst.
That said, austerity doesn't actually achieve what it's ostensibly for, which makes you wonder what the real reason behind it is...
(If you want someone genuinely to blame for the global financial crisis of 2008 it was Reagan and Thatcher whose legacy of City/Wall St deregulation enabled the bubble which finally burst.
That said, austerity doesn't actually achieve what it's ostensibly for, which makes you wonder what the real reason behind it is...
notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible,
Tue 26 Jun 2018, 21:56,
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