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I don't think the current economic position can be wholley attributable to Labour. Agreed the selling of Gold was hardly done at the best time, but there are a lot of global factors attributable to how the economy currently stands.
Same Old Politics Of Hate
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technodup
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It's not wholly attributable, no. Brown abolished boom & bust, I would do well to remember that more often.EarlofBarnet":z312nkbu said:
Quite the understatement.EarlofBarnet":z312nkbu said:
That's true. My gripe is with the excess that Labour presided over in terms of benefits, the NHS, rampant house prices etc etc which have left us less equipped to meet the challenges that the larger crisis has provided us.EarlofBarnet":z312nkbu said:
technodup
Senior Retro Guru
Simplify the tax system, much further than is planned. Raise the threshold and abolish tax credits altogether. I like the idea of a flat tax but am aware of it's challenges.
Privatise the NHS. Bloated, inefficient and no longer what it was intended as. Encourage an insurance based alternative.
Get out the EU and Human Rights Act. Our own Bill of Rights to replace.
Properly controlled immigration for our benefit.
Legalise, control and tax drug use. Income ringfenced to fund rehab schemes. Reduce Police budget accordingly.
Abolish the NMW.
Take back control of interest rates from the BoE. Failing to meet targets in any other situation would result in sanctions.
Modern workhouses for the feckless? An introduction to work, added employability, sense of responsibility? And a product to sell as well? Maybe not.
Obviously these are far from costed and thought out proposals, but off the top of my head they are some changes which I would probably welcome. Unfortunately general opinion is such that if an MP even mentioned some of them he'd be castigated, as the Tory was last week about the minimum wage.
But most of all I'd like to see a move away from the mentality that spending is good, and lack of 'investment' is bad. I went to one of the top state schools in Scotland, for exam results and university places achieved. It was falling apart, holes in windows, books one between two or three etc etc. It's now been rebuilt at massive cost with every gizmo under the sun and results are worse.
Achievement is about attitude and ambition, and throwing endless amounts of money at schools, unis, councils or whatever won't change that.
Privatise the NHS. Bloated, inefficient and no longer what it was intended as. Encourage an insurance based alternative.
Get out the EU and Human Rights Act. Our own Bill of Rights to replace.
Properly controlled immigration for our benefit.
Legalise, control and tax drug use. Income ringfenced to fund rehab schemes. Reduce Police budget accordingly.
Abolish the NMW.
Take back control of interest rates from the BoE. Failing to meet targets in any other situation would result in sanctions.
Modern workhouses for the feckless? An introduction to work, added employability, sense of responsibility? And a product to sell as well? Maybe not.
Obviously these are far from costed and thought out proposals, but off the top of my head they are some changes which I would probably welcome. Unfortunately general opinion is such that if an MP even mentioned some of them he'd be castigated, as the Tory was last week about the minimum wage.
But most of all I'd like to see a move away from the mentality that spending is good, and lack of 'investment' is bad. I went to one of the top state schools in Scotland, for exam results and university places achieved. It was falling apart, holes in windows, books one between two or three etc etc. It's now been rebuilt at massive cost with every gizmo under the sun and results are worse.
Achievement is about attitude and ambition, and throwing endless amounts of money at schools, unis, councils or whatever won't change that.
technodup
Senior Retro Guru
It would solve some things imo. There isn't a government in history which has solved everything for everybody, yet you expect a random internet cyclist to achieve it?dbmtb":1ybemqgz said:
Clearly you disagree. I'll leave you to dream of your socialist utopia. Though when you're as patronising as that I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to reply.
