For a bloke who is driven by cost control, free enterprise and cutting through bullsh1t and red tape, why on earth does Lord Suralan support the Labour party?
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Errr dunno nothing stands outOriginally posted by Doggy Styles View PostFor a bloke who is driven by cost control, free enterprise and cutting through bullsh1t and red tape, why on earth does Lord Suralan support the Labour party?Jim is a Jedi! - Dara
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Amstrad CEO resigns over Sir Sugar's emailer obsession ? The Register
I'm surprised Sur Alun didn't get fired over this.Last edited by Spacecadet; 10 November 2010, 23:52.Coffee's for closersComment
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With any luck he does it to annoy pathetic thrusting aspirant no-hoper Tories who misguidedly think Tories cut taxes (just as one example) when they clearly do not.Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostFor a bloke who is driven by cost control, free enterprise and cutting through bullsh1t and red tape, why on earth does Lord Suralan support the Labour party?Comment
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Not raising taxes massively (like Labour would have done) is the same as cutting them.Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostWith any luck he does it to annoy pathetic thrusting aspirant no-hoper Tories who misguidedly think Tories cut taxes (just as one example) when they clearly do not.
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Hilarious - I was talking about history not your made-up version of what you think would have happened - why the flip do you think Labour would have increased taxes any more than the Tories have/are going to ? Certainly not on the experience of history, that much is certain.Originally posted by AtW View PostNot raising taxes massively (like Labour would have done) is the same as cutting them.
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Read their manifesto retard - Laboour says deficit will be reduced mainly by tax raises and in the second place by spending cuts, the Tories and Lib Dems said the other way around. It would not have been a big deal had it not been for deficit running so high thanks to Nu Liebor debts.Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Postwhy the flip do you think Labour would have increased taxes any more than the Tories have/are going to ?Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostAmstrad CEO resigns over Sir Sugar's emailer obsession ? The Register
I'm surprised Sur Alun didn't get fired over this.
That article is 9 years old. 
To put the device into perspective, I got broadband 6 months later.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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and the whole Labour-Meeja love-in got him his own telly show.Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostBig fish in a thick pond syndrome? He's a somebody in the Labour pond.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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