BrandNewGuy

whibel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BrandNewGuy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > whibel Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > There is a context to London's riots that > can't > > be > > > ignored > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/0 > > > > > > 8/context-london-riots > > > > I call bullsh*t. 14-year-olds out on the > streets > > looting have spent all but one of those years > > under a Labour government. Any responsibility > > there? > > yeah. i get the picture. nice dropping in on your > folks. goodbye east dulwich forum, enjoy your > cupcakes, etc. And thanks for not answering my reasonable question. I'm not a Tory and I don't eat cupcakes.

whibel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a context to London's riots that can't be > ignored > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/0 > 8/context-london-riots I call bullsh*t. 14-year-olds out on the streets looting have spent all but one of those years under a Labour government. Any responsibility there?

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And avoid the London Bridge Tandoori. I've ended up there several times after an evening in the pub and regretted it every time... dull food and overpriced.

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Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BTW, you're incorrectly asserting that coercion > requires threats of violence. I wasn't. Asking someone to take an item off a menu is just that...

You used the word "coercing". As far as I can tell, the restaurateurs could have told him to sod off and their businesses won't suffer. In what way is that coercion? If someone wants foie gras back on the menu, they can go and ask them to do so. If Tom believes he is right, then let him talk to others and try to persuade them of his view. Any problem with that?

Not sure about the 'coercing restaurateurs' bit. What would have been the consequences if they'd told Tom to sod off? Broken windows? Permanent picket? Customers being spat on? Probably not...

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Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah I see so debt can only dealt with by committed > and sustained investment in public services and > infrastructure carried out by a right wing > government. No, that doesn't follow, alas. There are lots of other factors that affect debt apart from welfare spending - tax rates, rates of economic growth, non-welfare spending etc.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?m no history expert but isn?t the > significant and prolonged fall in national debt > from the early 50s until the 70s over the period > when the country was investing most heavily in > building and growing the Welfare State, that most > heinous of the left wing horrors that has blighted > this good country over the last 100 years? But for most of the time "From the early 50s until the 70s" we had Conservative governments. Spending on the Welfare State has risen under all governments since the War. You can argue whether that's good or bad, but the real differences between the two parties in this respect have been small.

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The race has just been mentioned on The Guardian's test match cricket ticker - fame! >

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Essential route - but to repeat others' observations, its frequency leaves a lot to be desired in the evenings and on Sundays. The evening/night timetable is a magnificent work of fiction...