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Originally posted by zerosum View PostSurely there's no chance Corbyn can win a majority.
People fed up voted for Brexit. The best political move you can make is to align yourselves with the fed up and make fixing being fed up your main policy.
I.e. exactly what jezza has done. Down with all the sorts of things that you hate! Vote for me!
It's just crazy enough to work because people don't give a tulip about the minutia, they just want the bad people to be punished and the country to be fixed through change (any change, but just CHANGE, something different), anyone offering that has a good chance of being given the job.
I do think it will be disasterous but it could shake things up a bit.
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Surely there's no chance Corbyn can win a majority.
But perhaps there could be a loose coalition of Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems, despite the recent fiasco over the national unity govt.
Economist delved into that scenario here: A Labour government would radically transform Britain - Downing Street calling
The upshot is that they can do a lot of damage, but to go the whole hog they need legislation. SNP could be partly bought off with another indyref, but it would still be an uphill battle.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostDo you have children?
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Whatever anyone thinks of Boris or Jez,
I can confidently say that 5 years of a Corbyn Govt will create 20 years of austerity like never seen before.
- business enterprise & investment will fall
- spending will rise big time
So Jez may help the 'working class' or whatever labels he uses but once he leaves Govt they will pick up the pieces more than anyone else a la Venezuela
I hate this rich and poor and class war.
And the thread is wrong - it wont be tax dodgers it will be hard working 'working/middle class'.
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Originally posted by Amanensia View PostThis may not be a very popular opinion on this board but many poor people are not poor entirely due to their own profligacy. We all know the stories of unemployed people with 8 kids and Sky TV but that's not the norm.
Indeed some people are unfortunate but many rich people have had bad breaks as well, they worked to overcome them.
There are plenty of causes and housing cost is probably the biggest. Lack of decent jobs at decent wages as well. Hmm I wonder what we can do to improve those situations?
UK poverty: Causes, costs and solutions | JRF
but pay day lenders & other errors of judgement can have massive effects
How I cleared my GBP20k debt - BBC News
here is a lady that turned her life around. She pretty much ticks all the boxes for causes but overcame the situation. She has my admiration.
Personally I would close or at least heavily limit the interest rates on all payday lending.
I know plenty of people who get themselves into massive debts and as a result live poor despite earning over the average wage. Its not just joblessness, disability, gambling & drinking that drive this.
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View Postno one asks why they are poor though.
I guess then that you live in a relatively affluent area in England. Spend some time in Wales in the staunch Labour areas and you might be enlightened.
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Originally posted by Amanensia View PostThis may not be a very popular opinion on this board but many poor people are not poor entirely due to their own profligacy. We all know the stories of unemployed people with 8 kids and Sky TV but that's not the norm.
that's not the norm
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Originally posted by ChimpMaster View PostYes.
As much as every other person on this forum and as much as anyone else who works hard, owns a house, invests for their old age, educates their children to be good for the world and doesn't scrounge off the system.
Apparently that makes me and a heap of other good people the target of McDonnellonomics: drag everyone down to the lowest level and ensure that they are dependent on the state.drag everyone down to the lowest level and ensure that they are dependent on the state
A Communist is someone who has nothing and wants to share it with everyone else.
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Originally posted by Amanensia View PostThis may not be a very popular opinion on this board but many poor people are not poor entirely due to their own profligacy. We all know the stories of unemployed people with 8 kids and Sky TV but that's not the norm.
I think I've watched every government in my life harm the very segment they claim to want to help the most - which is why they end up out of office again.
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Originally posted by Amanensia View PostThis may not be a very popular opinion on this board but many poor people are not poor entirely due to their own profligacy. We all know the stories of unemployed people with 8 kids and Sky TV but that's not the norm.
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This may not be a very popular opinion on this board but many poor people are not poor entirely due to their own profligacy. We all know the stories of unemployed people with 8 kids and Sky TV but that's not the norm.
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