Reply to: You know Britain is more sensible, less brand obsessed and decadent, when

[norrahe]

Sensible? Less brand obsessed? But still insistent on buying cheap imported tasteless vegetables out of season, intensively reared meat and no thought of where food comes from.

Not something to celebrate at all.

[AtW]

I'm sure we'll all share the spoils.

's the lot of 'em

[scooterscot]

The Tories secretly want Scottish independence.

I'm sure we'll all share the spoils.

[SueEllen]

If it's working, and coalitions are the future why did the tories allow the AV vote result to be measured using a first past the post system?

The Tories secretly want Scottish independence.

[scooterscot]

to say coalition is working.

If it's working, and coalitions are the future why did the tories allow the AV vote result to be measured using a first past the post system?

[SueEllen]

Bollocks we do. The libs have got as much power as fiat 500.

The Libs can side with Labour and other minority parties to defeat any Tory policy they don't like e.g. boundary changes.

They are also the ones who put in the personal tax allowance idea and other things the Tories have used to say coalition is working.

[scooterscot]

Quite.

scooter - I think you'll find the parasites that lorded over us during The Reign of Terror (circa 1997-2010) shoulder most of the responsibility. Let's not get all tribal!

I'm not talking about identity. No. Economic self determination is the only way we're going to make progress on this island if it's allowed to work at local level.

Big government has failed the UK in a spectacular way. If we were following the Germany model we'd have many many strong private businesses turning the wheels of the economy. Instead our government is running them into the ground in favour of supporting big business.

[scooterscot]

We have two parties in government - you know like the Germany model.....

Bollocks we do. The libs have got as much power as fiat 500.

[Zero Liability]

One would think stores like Harrods epitomise decadence, not Waitrose, which is just a premium retailer? I prefer M&S or the Co-op to Waitrose, anyway.

Quite honestly, there is nothing sensible about scrounging for pennies but having a debt addiction in all other aspects of life. It's quite understandable why saving and putting away money for your pension is so deplored in this country, it hardly counts for much.

The article is addressing symptoms, not causes. This sort of thing is common in stagflationary recessions, and is partially why metrics like core CPI mean diddly squat to average consumers; substitution effects and discounting mask the actual impact of the sheer amount of liquidity sloshing about globally. As much as BoE officials want to maintain that QE in the property markets is to remain "surgical" and whatever other nonsense their narcissistic/pathological liar personality disorders make them think is the case ("don't worry, the 'experts' have it sorted" ), it is going to affect other markets, especially because investors seek to maximise returns and not robotically invest in something until MC = MR.

[hyperD]

We have two parties in government - you know like the Germany model.....

Quite.

scooter - I think you'll find the parasites that lorded over us during The Reign of Terror (circa 1997-2010) shoulder most of the responsibility. Let's not get all tribal!

[SueEllen]

You really have to congratulate the Tory party on this. Not only have the splashed the middle classes with austerity and no-frills shopping since 2008, but the same constitutions that voted them in are happy about it.

Is it a last ditch attempt by those died hard ex-middle classes pretending their rubbing shoulders with those range rover driving land owners or just pure denial?

We have two parties in government - you know like the Germany model.....

[Old Greg]

When I was a uni student the only place locally to get decent not rotten and reasonably priced fruit and veg was Aldi. It also had the advantage it sold bottles of own-branded spirits at a cheaper price than the off-licenses.

So the local Aldi was full of the poor local families and students.

The fact that it didn't sell a wide choice of junk i.e. crisps, biscuits helped to ensure the student population ate reasonably healthy even if we drank like fish.

Mmmm. Mango bingo.

[scooterscot]

"more sensible, less brand obsessed and decadent, when "

Or just poorer... poor Middle Class...

You really have to congratulate the Tory party on this. Not only have the splashed the middle classes with austerity and no-frills shopping since 2008, but the same constitutions that voted them in are happy about it.

Is it a last ditch attempt by those died hard ex-middle classes pretending their rubbing shoulders with those range rover driving land owners or just pure denial?

[scooterscot]

Good grief

The country has turned into a nation of Pikies in my absence.

Makes one wonder what Jamie is into when other chefs are snorting the white powder. Changed days.

[AtW]

"more sensible, less brand obsessed and decadent, when "

Or just poorer... poor Middle Class...