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One of the leaders of Momentum appears to have been criticising the use of the word Holocaust to define the death of 6 million Jews, claimed more Gypsies per head of population were killed; said she cannot find a definition of 'anti-semitic' she's happy with and criticised Holocaust Memorial Day for not recognising 'other Holocausts'.
Shami Chakrabarti's gonna need a bigger bucket of whitewash. :hehe:
It must stem from when they got into bed with radical Islam, perhaps?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Of course, one might be tempted to say that it simply reinforces the point that National Socialism was a, erm, socialist doctrine. But I'd never do so.
Isn't it as much to do with its foundational hatred of international capital and the Jewish role therein? I think the radical Islam thing was just a meeting of minds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
The funny thing is that they just cannot leave it alone. It's pathological.
Are you listening to the Dear Leader? :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
This is some sub-fifth form stuff.
I think it comes from that very left-wing thing (see Hitler, A.) of assuming there is some giant Zionist conspiracy.
Of course the Gypsies alos suffered a holocaust but that can be pointed out without getting into my holocaust is bigger than yours territory.
Following it on a feed. Bankers..blah...renationalise railways...blah...living minimum wage...hang on, did he just say he wants to remove the council spending cap and let them borrow against their housing stock? Ermmm...borrow from whom exactly? Would it be...banks? who, if not paid back would presumably be entitled to repossess council properties? :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Did he also suggest that he possesses a mandate and Theresa May doesn't? Dear God, he actually doesn't appear to understand how our political system works at all! :rolleyes:
He's like a kid in the lower sixth with a poster of Che on his wall who's doing politics in General Studies and has got right into it, man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Wait, I'm doing hima disservice, he's got a completely new radical strategy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend.
The man is an economic genius.
I had a rather robust exchange with his Royal Highness Ian of Harvey on Facebook about the banking crisis. No matter how hard I tried I could never get him to understand, or at least admit he understood, that the banks who lent irresponsibly were lending to people who were borrowing irresponsibly, and that those people were also to blame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Nope, it was the banks. People, provided they are working class, are always the victims. I expect Jeremy and Ian would get along famously.
Yes, I always blame myself if my customers decide not to pay their bills or ignore their debts :homer:
The banks are supposed to do checks so they don't lend to people who are borrowing irresponsibly... that is why it has all been tightened up as they weren't doing the checksQuote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Yes, that's true, but that doesn't change the fact that people who borrow irresponsibly are part of the problem as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Well if socialists believed in individual responsibility, they wouldn't be socialists, would they? The fact that Mr Harvey is a Corbynista can hardly surprise anyone, can it? It's as though Labour had shaped the party perfectly to fit him.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
This National Investment Bank appears to be the new name for the Magic Money Tree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
A bank run by socialists - can you imagine? :hehe:
You can only borrow if people/banks are willing to lend it to you... if they lend to people who (if they had done their checks) will struggle to repay the loan, then it can't be a shock when those people defaultQuote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
I miss PeterQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Perhaps they want to appear more European? My in-laws talk that way all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
True, but banking is a business not a social service.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
So lending to a bad risk customer without doing the checks is a bad business idea.....Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
If they don't pay up, then yes. Obviously. However, if even feckless ********s like me always make sure to pay their bills on time and in full, it's clear a certain amount of risk is more than worth it. Otherwise it's probably the *wrong* business, rather than merely bad business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Me too. He hates Corbyn and his ilk far more than I ever could.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
If I recall correctly, that Jorge chap hated Blair because he wasn't left wing enough :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
He must be creaming himself over what Corbyn is doing to Labour. Mind you, so am I.
Last time I checked he was fully on board with Jez, yes. Believed there was a Mainstream Media conspiracy against him - as if anyone would bother :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Blair was a Tory who was admired by Margaret herself. Of course anyone on the left would consider him not left wing enough. :weneedadecentrolleyessmiley:Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Don't think she ever said she admired him. She said he was her greatest achievement in the sense that she had re-structured the political landscape to such an extent that she had forced the Labour Party to swing right if it ever wanted to get elected again. Not quite the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash