Apparently, sending troops to S.ierra Leone is completely the wrong thing to do.

[Berni]

Conservative-led government's decision = bad
The British Military = bad
Neo-colonialism = very, very bad

Therefore, sending troops to build a hospital is a bad thing to do.

That's some top Guardian-ing right there.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/09/why-bri tain-sending-troops-ebola-*******-leone (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/09/why-britain-sending-troops-ebola-*******-leone)

[Classic Jorge]

I would post some really wrong headed link from the Telegraph about how mansion taxes are out of touch with the ordinary person but I refuse to pay for a subscription.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Berni]

After all, judging by the size of her, she may well be dead by now.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Where is one supposed to find a mansion for 2 mill?

[Berni]

Charles, Marilyn and the lead singer of Garbage should pay up imo.

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

shooting them is nowhere near as much fun.

[Berni]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[Classic Jorge]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

I mean Blackpool. You can buy it and have change

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

Like that chap who couldn't reach the cupboards, so went and ****ted all over the council offices.

[Classic Jorge]

Spare Room Subsidy? Big Society?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

If in doubt, tax.

[Berni]

Sounds like a good plan in his case. A homophobic and racist and sexist dwarf. A dwarf even you wouldn't want to cuddle.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I was discussing the 'Mansion' tax. You have introduced some whataboutery which has no bearing whatsoever on the issue at hand.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I'd cuddle the feisty wee bugger.

[Classic Jorge]

I've literally no horse in this race, I would not vote for any of these parties on the basis that some poor ******* supposedly laid down his life for it or otherwise.

My point is that doublespeak is alive and well across the political spectrum and it doesn't take a genius to see it when some jumped up soon-to-be baronet tells you we're all in it together at the same time as renting out his house for 10kpw and living in state housing, all whilst turfing disabled people out of their houses as they don't pass an arbitrary test.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Surely George comes from a very old aristocratic family? That would make him the very opposite of jumped up.

[Berni]

Most of them are quite capable of performing telesales jobs, for instance.

[Classic Jorge]

Hi financial predictions are now out by a whopping 75%.

It's OK though, he's from a good family.

[Classic Jorge]

They've even managed to class dead people as fit to work

[Snin]

and single mums..mass Ebola epidemic here we go imo

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Personally I would like to have seen some meaningful cuts in expenditure, but he seems to lack the cojones or the will to actually cut wasteful spending.

[Classic Jorge]

It's only the utter, utter incompetency of the opposition that's a bigger crime

[Berni]

Huge numbers needed to come off benefits they didn't need or deserve and that's what's happening. Is it flawless? Of course not. Is it necessary? Of course. If you hand people money so they don't have to work, they won't work. If you restrict or stop that flow of money, it's amazing how many will suddenly start contributing. This is about the big picture, not individual cases.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Classic Jorge]

Or, more accurately, a values judgement.

[Berni]

What he has achieved is to cut the structural deficit by a third, helped businesses create more than 1.5 million new jobs and created a vastly healthier economic outlook than any of our European competitors can boast.

[Classic Jorge]

Also, borrowing is still outstripping any growth measures too, which he also said would not happen at this stage - or any stage - on his watch.

[Berni]

system, it wouldn't have needed such radical reformation.

[Classic Jorge]

More like decades of assuming the free market would ride to the rescue of people but ending up with the state carrying the cost.

[Berni]

[TRENT COLTON]

[Berni]

However, the fact remains that most independent foreign observers have been forced to admit that this government's approach to the situation they inherited has actually been remarkably successful. Indeed, many of those independent observers have been forced to eat their words on the subject.

Indeed, the only people who genuinely believe this Government hasn't done a pretty good job on the economy are on the left in this country.

[Classic Jorge]

There need to be more labour market planning, better skills development and the better management and development of infrastructure. Not the selling off of everything of any value and hoping for the best.

Just assuming "the market will sort it all out" is ridiculous.

[Berni]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Classic Jorge]

The growth rate may well have picked up recently but it's in no way going to get near predictions and we'll still need to borrow more to cover up for the last four years of abject failure.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

'f**k this for a game of tin soldiers.'

[Berni]

highly-trained, heavily-armed Paras and Regiment chaps. Who'd have guessed, eh? :hehe:

[Berni]

Wealth creation is rather difficult when businesses are directly or indirectly having to pay for a woefully mismanaged welfare system so that some lazy prick can fraudulently go on the sick for 20 years whilst also earning untaxed, cash-in-hand income.

[Classic Jorge]

You know, the gas, oil, rail, telecoms or any of the other utilities. You know, the stuff we've ended up paying for ultimately any way.