Reply to: Johnson demands Britain 'Build, build, build' to beat COVID-19 slump

[Old Greg]

Force them to do community service - unpaid moderatorship at CUK...

And praying for BR14.

[AtW]

Force them to do community service - unpaid moderatorship at CUK...

[BR14]

Seize all their assets and then make them make a case for having some of them returned.

not much return from a brum kebab shop and a mud hut in a peat bog though.

[Old Greg]

Brilliant idea

Seize all their assets and then make them make a case for having some of them returned.

[AtW]

They could start by squeezing the aggressive tax avoider scum harder.

Brilliant idea

[Old Greg]

But new taxes to “fund it” will be much higher

They could start by squeezing the aggressive tax avoider scum harder.

[AtW]

5 billion is also how much the government spent on corona last week

That’s the problem for the lenders - those mugs should have demanded secured loan

[AtW]

5 billion is 75 quid per head of population. Not really very impressive as a stimulus.

But new taxes to “fund it” will be much higher

[darmstadt]

5 billion is also how much the government spent on corona last week

Sent from my 5g carrier pigeon

[Old Greg]

5 billion is 75 quid per head of population. Not really very impressive as a stimulus.

[OwlHoot]

Interesting report from Reuters:

Johnson demands Britain 'Build, build, build' to beat COVID-19 slump - Reuters

What a sad commentary on our times, that the UK should have to resort to the "poor man's" economic stimulus of building!

That's the typical starting technique of former so called Third World countries, initially lacking the skills and education to make high-tech things, but they soon catch up and now, it seems, are passing the UK heading in the opposite direction!

[Old Greg]

But announcing to do it MUCH faster is quite significant considering their manifesto set things out for far longer timescale than a government term, this means they actually have to do it not promise it.

You are cute.

[scooterscot]

The Tory supporters love those three-word soundbites. "I got every word in that sentence"

Build build build - "I've been building at home!" He gets my vote.

[jamesbrown]

But announcing to do it MUCH faster is quite significant considering their manifesto set things out for far longer timescale than a government term, this means they actually have to do it not promise it.

What was the accelerated timescale? The house building stuff does some sleight of hand w/ 5 years funding and 8 years delivery, but I think that is the same timetable and money they announced before. What else? I admit that I wasn't listening closely...

[Paddy]

It was quite an interesting speech. A lot of big promises. A LOT of spending.

No promises. He called them pledges as in; when there is a natural disaster when governments pledge money and then they forget about it.

After the speech the pound slumped to a new low.