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Previously on "Do these idiots have a clue what they're doing"
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It's stuff like this that convinces me we need a flat tax that politicians can't arse about with too much.
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Panic button
It looks like total panic has set in and Gordon is facing a people's onslaught from his bunker at No 10.
Enjoyed Paxman interviewing Darling last night who kept contradicting himself.
Better still, Ken Clarke who was on the earlier news, said:
'Gordon might as well stand at the back of a lorry and go round and throw fivers to the people at Crewe!'
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Yeah, one year then reversed.
Ah, but that means tax going up for poor people in an election year.......
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI'm not sure which amazes me more: the fact that people are surprised by politicians acting like a bunch of clueless idiots doing the first thing that comes to mind, or the fact that they imagine politicians from another party might do anything different.
All politicians are self-serving bastards who will say and do anything that might save their sorry arses come the next vote. The only difference between the Government and the Opposition is that the Opposition can indulge in pure fantasy and be praised for promising what you all want (i.e. the impossible), whilst the Government is stuck with trying to think of something that they might actually be able to do... but they can't think of anything that's worth doing, so they just try to say something that sounds good enough.
If the Tories win the next General Election, this board is going to be a hilarious place as you all bitch and whine about the fact that they're screwing you over in exactly the same way that the current lot are.
To quote Frank Zappa: "They just look after Number One, and Number One ain't you... you ain't even Number Two."
Pun, I have no doubt, intended
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI'm not sure which amazes me more: the fact that people are surprised by politicians acting like a bunch of clueless idiots doing the first thing that comes to mind, or the fact that they imagine politicians from another party might do anything different.
All politicians are self-serving bastards who will say and do anything that might save their sorry arses come the next vote. The only difference between the Government and the Opposition is that the Opposition can indulge in pure fantasy and be praised for promising what you all want (i.e. the impossible), whilst the Government is stuck with trying to think of something that they might actually be able to do... but they can't think of anything that's worth doing, so they just try to say something that sounds good enough.
If the Tories win the next General Election, this board is going to be a hilarious place as you all bitch and whine about the fact that they're screwing you over in exactly the same way that the current lot are.
To quote Frank Zappa: "They just look after Number One, and Number One ain't you... you ain't even Number Two."
Pun, I have no doubt, intended
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I'm not sure which amazes me more: the fact that people are surprised by politicians acting like a bunch of clueless idiots doing the first thing that comes to mind, or the fact that they imagine politicians from another party might do anything different.
All politicians are self-serving bastards who will say and do anything that might save their sorry arses come the next vote. The only difference between the Government and the Opposition is that the Opposition can indulge in pure fantasy and be praised for promising what you all want (i.e. the impossible), whilst the Government is stuck with trying to think of something that they might actually be able to do... but they can't think of anything that's worth doing, so they just try to say something that sounds good enough.
If the Tories win the next General Election, this board is going to be a hilarious place as you all bitch and whine about the fact that they're screwing you over in exactly the same way that the current lot are.
To quote Frank Zappa: "They just look after Number One, and Number One ain't you... you ain't even Number Two."
Pun, I have no doubt, intended
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Can we all go down to London and throw stones at the The Pigs again in protest? I feel one last riot in me yet!
Either that or I'll have to get on to my Accountant again to see how we can get round this one (sigh!).
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Originally posted by MrMark View PostTrouble is, it will end up "Meet the new boss, just like the old boss"
It would be interesting to see the relevant economic stats (inflation, interest rates, unemployment rates, standard rates of tax) from 1990 (11 years after the Tories last came in, and compare them with now (11 years after Labour's come to power). I wouldn't be surprised if the figures looked better under Labour.
It's getting more and more tempting to vote Monster Ravers.eyes
You are right, who ever is in power Government wins. They are all doing whatever they think will keep them in power.
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When will they start running the country for our benefit?
It would be interesting to see the relevant economic stats (inflation, interest rates, unemployment rates, standard rates of tax) from 1990 (11 years after the Tories last came in, and compare them with now (11 years after Labour's come to power). I wouldn't be surprised if the figures looked better under Labour.
It's getting more and more tempting to vote Monster Ravers.eyes
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Yet another cock up.
Once more they implement change for change sake or to right some perceived wrong (a wrong that only exists in their world view), possibly to show how nice they are to buy votes.
They dont think it through and the consequence that everybody else saw was invisible to them.
Then they run around like headless chickens trying to put it all right again putting in a fix to a problem of their creation.
When will this social experiment end? When will they start running the country for our benefit?
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