Undisputedtruth

Irrelevant argument, H.

Not forgeting Bank's inability to lend money to house buyers and SMEs. This is in turn had an effect on the real economy and ultimately tax receipts.

indiepanda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I don't believe I claimed they did. I also don't > think that Labour having had money to put away was > anything much to do with what they did whilst in > power - there was a worldwide boom at the time, > and though Brown tried to take credit for a lot of > things, I think even he would have struggled to > take credit for all of that. > > Come to that Brown claimed he had put an end to > boom and bust and if making that sort of claim > isn't lacking in intelligence I don't know what > is. > > As for investing in schools, I'm not convinced > education standards rose under Labour so their > money spent on schools doesn't strike me as having > achieved much. Employers and university lecturers > have been telling everyone for years that the > quality of people coming out of secondary > education doesn't match up to their grades, the > crazy grade inflation isn't helping students. > > I'll grant you waiting lists in hospitals came > down and I would definitely support the increases > in pay given to nurses. > > However, my general view is all governments tend > to make political decisions with a large financial > impact that frequently ignore the economic reality > and I've seen no evidence that left wing > governments are any better than right wing ones on > that front. (Don't get me started on how > economically successful the communist states were) USA had a few recessions during Labour's term in power. So it is absurd to suggest that Gordon was lucky because of a world boom. As for grades inflation this phenomena is happening around the world and not confined to the UK.

Quality music.

Surely the millions of pounds on Harry's investigation and court case could have been better spent on investigating the likes of Barclays Bank, Vodafone, Boots, Tesco, etc for cheating public funds. The return of initial investments would yield billions instead of Redknapp's paltry thousands. Enough to half the UK deficit. I'd like to see NOTW and the Police in the dock over the Harry Redknapp affair too. It does put a smile on my face watching 'red devil' backtracking over the prosecution evidence.

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Thanks for providing a new chart using 200 day moving averages, Hal. I guess you're one of the few people on this forum who knows what they're talking about.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I suspect that part of the reason for this is that > thick people buy tabloids and The Mail, and > because they are thick, they don't question > anything, they take what is printed as gospel > truth, and as a result, end up with right wing > ideals. But your behaviour is no different to that of Mail readers.

indiepanda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whereas Labour did such a great job overspending > for years when the economy was booming, hmm? > > Even my right wing parents taught me saving a bit > of money for a rainy day was a good idea. I think Labour was right to renew schools and hospitals. Since when did the Tories had enough money to put away? http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/photobylines/2011/2/22/1298400212637/Budget-deficits-graphic-008.jpg

Probably explains why the Tory's economic policies is so thin on details.

I'm drawing a line in the sand and ending all ties. Once I've made a decision then there's no turning back.

And stay out. Your last PM was deleted and have not been read. Please don't send anymore PMs. They will be deleted too.

I wonder, Hugo.

I'm very sensitive to such accusations. Especially as I was temporarily suspended after being accused of being Attila or MikeCG.

EP, still doesn't make any sense.

LM, you may recall our discussion on Katie back in August. But here's a link to what Katie did http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,729998,page=17 I'm pretty sure I could find a more few posts where Katie tried slinging more mud.

IDRIS MUHAMMAD 'COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS'

This reminds me of Katie1997.

For the love of money-O' jays

The Headhunters - God Make Me Funky (but not for Red Devil)

Kleeer - Open Your Mind

Intro - Let Me Be The One

90% Of Me Is You - Gwen McCrae

Bring Down To The Walls - Robert Owens