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Bloody hell!
Are you referring to my post where I did anything but defend the Labour candidate. I said he should have been dumped earlier.
I did point out that the Israeli government had had intelligence of the Hamas attack more than a year in advance (and again more recently) but didn't believe Hamas had the capability to carry out the attack - so the conspiracy theories were wild and unjustified. I also referred to a history of recent provocations by Israeli settlers and the government - trying to draw a reaction of some kind they could use - and pointed out the presence in the Israeli government of fascists. I didn't mention 'white nationalism'.
I honestly do not remember any post I (or Doucas) made claiming the public sector had higher productivity than the private sector - wit or without the NHS. But if I did, what relevance does that have to the thread or the post you replied to? Answer - none!
What a ridiculously gross generalisation!
In my lifetime I have voted Conservative, Labour, Liberal (before they became the Liberal Democrats) and Green Party, depending on who I thought had the best policies at the time. This time, so far, I would be classified as undecided as I have no idea at the moment. Yes the Conservatives have really made a mess but I don't see any incredible salvation coming our way from Labour. If they do get a working majority in the 2024 election I think they will constantly play the "look at the mess we inherited" card to explain why they are not able to fix things quite as easily/quickly as Joe Public will expect. It's very easy to criticise when in opposition!
Nigel Lawson or Norman Lamont.
I know Soros devalued our currency causing chaos, making a fortune, and damaging our economy in the 80s. Not sure if it was black Wednesday or not.
Some incredible claims being made in this thread as to the causes of this latest recession - a link backing up the claims would have been handy.
Yes you're right - as you know Food banks were introduced in the UK in 1997 - Tony Blair was the PM in 97
Over to a more socialist country like France, food banks were started in 1984.
UK and France approx same population figure 60-65 million
France throughput 4 times the amount as UK foodbanks - is that the Tories fault as well posh boy ?
Germany's economy is "dramatically bad," and "we cannot continue like this," said the Economy Minister and Green Party member Robert Habeck speaking this week
Trump warmed Germany about the risks of being reliant on cheap Russian energy.
German dignitaries laughed at him.
Biden’s administration then destroyed Nord Stream to “punish Russia”.
And here we are.
Even Sunak doesn’t come out with the sort of garbage seen in this thread defending the Government that was pledging growth this time last year and has delivered a recession
I know there is very little point trying to explain to numb nuts like sludge up in the vale re foodbanks - in his fantasy world he has the blue corner as the pantomime villain and the red corner as Peter Pan. He's labouring under a mis apprehension - but I guess that is something he likes.
Well, we are out of it now with 0.6% growth in the first quarter of 2024
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68983741
Q1 2024 growth figures for major European countries:
Spain 0.7%
UK 0.6%
Netherlands 0.4%
EU 0.3%
Belgium 0.3%
Italy 0.3%
France 0.2%
Germany 0.2%
A quarter can only ever be a snapshot, but looking at the last six months we've grown at the exact same rate as the EU as a whole, the same rate as France, slightly below Italy, well below Spain, interestingly, a little above Netherlands and well above Germany.
Nothing to write home about perhaps, but all those predictions, all those stories about the UK having a crashed economy or being a basket case etc. It's largely nonsense.
https://tradingeconomics.com/country...ntinent=europe