RedRazor
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Are you suggesting that the economy is still in recession and unemployment is increasing?
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and you will note that I said current direction - not right direction.
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Not if they are voters in an election you want to win.
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That is your opinion. It isn't one that many will share I suspect.
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Spot on. UKIP will not win any seats imo. The only thing I disagree with is if anyone needs Clegg after the next election I think Clegg will go for it on the basis that they have nothing left to lose. Even if they have a complete mare they will still get about 20 seats as Stronts has predicted.
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I think the other big problem with this is that it frequently looks staged. Labour politicians meeting the people - who just all happen to be Labour supporters, Tory politicians meeting the people - who just all happen to be Tory supporters, and so on. It really doesn't fool the public and when they try to do something real or spontaneous it invariably ends up back firing on them because they are so out of touch (think Gordon Brown and the "bigoted woman" or the one recently when someone didn't have enough change to pay for a portion of chips). As for the next election I'm not sure how it will pan out. Looking at the numbers for all post-war elections there isn't really any evidence of movement of votes between LD and Tories whereas there does appear to be a link between Labour and LD so Labour should benefit from the decline of LD. But the minor parties will surely continue to increase their share of the votes (11.8% at the last election). I reckon it will be pretty neck and neck between Labour and Tories in terms of votes cast. How that manifests in seats I'm not sure but it wouldn't be a surprise if we end up with no overall majority again. If I had to bet on one or the other my money would be on the Tories if the economy and unemployment keep moving in the current direction.
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Not sure you have this quite right. The EU allocates the funding to the national government which is responsible for spending it in a way that meets certain criteria. In addition, the national government frequently matches or exceeds the levels of funding provided by the EU. In many cases the large funding rengeneration packages are a complex combination of funding from several sources EU, national government, local government and business. In a number of instances it is business who have stumped up the lions share of the cash. This applies to several of the EU regeneration schemes that I have looked at in detail which have taken place in the north west over the last thirty odd years.
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Fair point but it was a bit more than a civil war. Three newly formed states Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia all throwing bullets at each other while engaged in an attempt to acquire strategically significant pieces of each other.
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Nato in Bosnia 1992?
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It is the only approach to secure the future of human civilisation - but hopefully that is obvious to anyone Green or otherwise. But surely what is required must be a global movement not a unilateral one? Other than that they are an agenda driven gang of fruitcakes. Their manifesto policy on both Education and Health runs to a total of 122 (I will concede if anyone counts differently +/- 10 ) words. And that is it in it's entirety. For BOTH. 122 words. Two huge government departments employing well over a million people and the Greens can fix it with 122 words. Please don't try to present them as a credible political party because they are nowhere near.
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Wasn't this really about protecting and reinforcing existing trade links? Something like Germany/France had always bought one type of banana from Central America while the UK had bought a different type of banana from Caribbean states. As the Central American version was larger and straighter these were the criteria that were applied to what constituted an acceptable standard of banana to ensure the outcome desired by Germany/France.
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Just been looking and it doesn't look like they have had the court case yet. In the meantime we have to abide by the ruling but it doesn't come into force until next year. The limit is 100% or 200% with shareholder approval but can go even higher if approved by the national regulator.
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Not really SB. They take their lead from the Council of Europe's Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which is nothing to do with the EU and was created on the back of the 1949 Treaty of London with the UK being one of the ten original signatories. The EU have had to create their own version of it (Charter of Fundamental Freedoms) because although the member states are all signatories to the Charter of Human Rights the EU itself is not. Nor did the EU have a mandate from the member states to sign up to it.
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Isn't this exactly the problem? We have this phrase "ever closer union" but no-one ever stands up and explains what is the end game? At what point will we have achieved optimum union? And what does that mean to the UK? The federalists will have a view that differs from the non-federalists. So who will prevail? As you quite rightly ask - where will it leave the EU and/or UK in forty years time when the world will be a different place. In truth I am undecided on being in or out of the EU because I cannot see - or I am not being allowed to see - where we are going. Until people are told how can they possibly make an informed decision? I can see some benefits from being part of a large trading block but do those benefits outweigh what we may have to give up in terms of our independence as a sovereign state? Have we already given up too much? Maybe the best game to play is somewhere between being fully in or fully out? I just don't know. As for southern Europe maybe now is a good time to invest in Soylent Green if you have any spare cash.
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I don't fully agree with you. When all is said and done the focus was on the local elections (rather than the European). A topic that normally does not capture the interest of the population at large which is reflected in the turnout. This time the impact of UKIP increased that level of interest significantly so their performance was always going to be centre stage. In terms of the other parties I didn't hear anyone talking about huge disasters and Labour falling apart so will have to take your word for that. My view is that it was largely - ignoring UKIP - business as usual for a local election. The studio bods trying to extend the results on to the next general election. In these terms I don't think Labour did as well enough as they had hoped (hence the negativity) while the Tories didn't do as badly as they thought they might (hence their bullishness). Lib Dems got what they must have expected but it was probably closer to their worst case scenario than they had hoped. From what I saw/have seen I felt the reporting refected this.
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Hey hey hey. I'm not calling you names - I'm just commenting on your post. It only really made two points and I addressed them both. In response to "you clearly know what I'm getting at" - I don't. You continually make these sweeping, and rather silly, generalisations. You are clearly an intelligent and articulate man so why do such comments lack clarity if I can read them as meaning something else? I contend that you make such comments deliberately - but i don't understand why. Finally, I treat this as an internet forum where I am free to express views and opinions that do not always match the general direction taken by most posters. If people don't want anyone posting alternative views then I am happy to fuck off into the datasphere and spread my "poison" elsewhere. Just let me know.
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So if you own your home you are in the "I'm alright jack" category, ergo selfish and uncaring. No room for anyone owning a home AND having a social conscience then? No-one who owns a home looking at their children and grandchildren struggling to get onto - or staying on - the housing ladder and thinking it isn't right? No-one who is doing OK looking at their mates who are struggling and having any sympathy whatsoever? Yeah, you are probably right, if you own, or are buying your home, you are a selfish cunt - all 30m of them. As for the stance the Tories will take I've been saying it for months. As soon as the economy started to grow and employment started to fall I said that they will definitely use the "don't let Labour ruin it" argument. These are two of the easiest indicators that the average non-political man in the street can look at and gauge whether the government are doing OK. And as I've said on here before enough people will stick rather than twist when it comes to elections. It is easier to stay in government than to get in.
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Cameron: "Cuts will change our way of life"
RedRazor replied to Section_31's topic in GF - General Forum
Complete bollocks. I don't look anything like Kev from Derek. -
Cameron: "Cuts will change our way of life"
RedRazor replied to Section_31's topic in GF - General Forum
Excellent. Please post video with audio,. Can you make sure the white man/black cock says things like "have some of this bitch" while you scream in pain and anguish "that will never fit up my back passage" and " oh no, it hurts so much" or similar. Please. Thank you in advance. -
Yeah maybe. Like Rotherham where Labour lost 8 seats to UKIP and the Tories lost 2 seats to UKIP. I don't need to, nor am I trying to, convince myself of anything I'm just looking at how people have actually voted. If you want to divorce yourself from reality feel free.
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Looking at the results tonight I think they already have. If they make it through the next twelve months without any serious own goals I reckon they are home and hosed.
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A student debt she chose to accept. A student debt that hopefully earned her a degree that enables her to apply for those jobs that have "must have a degree" as one of the essential criteria. A job that half of her contemparies cannot apply for. A student debt that she doesn't need to repay until she earns £24,000 pa (approx). And if your pension is fucked you want to ask Gordon Brown about that if you're not a civil servant.
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wtf seriously? You need to provide a definition of rich. And if it isn't something that reflects only 0.00001% (who have always had a similar problem) of the population explain how you would identify a "rich" person if they should take their lives in their hands and try to walk down Church Street in town.
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I think you may have had one of these whichever way you voted in 2010. Oh, and just to upset you a bit more I think the Tories may have pulled it off and will win the next election.