Why does the list suddenly jump from actual accidents involving machinery and mechanical failure, to a completely unrelated and random comparison with public spending - no other examples of which are included in the list? There are loads of other examples which would completely eclipse any of GB's spending, however shocking that may be.
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostWhy does the list suddenly jump from actual accidents involving machinery and mechanical failure, to a completely unrelated and random comparison with public spending - no other examples of which are included in the list?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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'Someone or other' said we owe more now than after the second world war (although no doubt that isn't in real terms). And we paid that off quick enough, well in 60 years or so. Are we still paying for the Spanish Armada, i.e. the public debt?Comment
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostWhy does the list suddenly jump from actual accidents involving machinery and mechanical failure, to a completely unrelated and random comparison with public spending - no other examples of which are included in the list? There are loads of other examples which would completely eclipse any of GB's spending, however shocking that may be.
'Look at all these blooming disasters - hey wait - Brown is a blooming disaster as well.'
just think, if we had stuck him on piper alpha, it would have been more profitable for the country to blow it up than to let it pump oil
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post'Someone or other' said we owe more now than after the second world war (although no doubt that isn't in real terms). And we paid that off quick enough, well in 60 years or so. Are we still paying for the Spanish Armada, i.e. the public debt?
Originally posted by HMRC websiteIncome Tax was announced in 1798, and introduced in 1799, as a means of paying for the war against the French forces under Napoleon.Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post<cynical b@st@rd>
Made for a profitable film though, which is more than can be said for the Snot Goblin.
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