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04-28-2015 , 07:34 AM

#551

RowCoach

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Happy Ed Balls day everyone.

04-28-2015 , 01:50 PM

#552

VCC

centurion

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Ed Balls

04-28-2015 , 04:47 PM

#553

joejoe1337

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05-04-2015 , 10:03 PM

#554

microbet

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What's up with this bacon sandwich thing?

05-05-2015 , 03:40 AM

#555

madlondoner

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Tory efforts to ridicule Milliband.

05-05-2015 , 05:33 AM

#556

Husker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

What's up with this bacon sandwich thing?

Milliband was pictured eating a bacon sandwich and looking rather awkward. He was then ridiculued for being unable to even eat a bacon sandwich. It was basically playing up to the image of him being a bit of an oddball.

05-05-2015 , 03:56 PM

#557

RowCoach

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Labour defending gender segregation at a campaign event.. Geez

05-05-2015 , 07:38 PM

#558

S.K

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RowCoach

Labour defending gender segregation at a campaign event.. Geez

Not just defending but taking part too by addressing the gender segregated room I believe. Absoloutely shameful

Incredible that I still want these **** wits in power over the tories.

05-06-2015 , 11:46 AM

#559

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

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The whole narrative that Labour ran up the debt before the crash is just objectively false. In the last year of the Major Government it was 50% in 2007 it was ~43% measured by GDP.

So in short by the time the crash happened they had actually reduced debt as GDP from its Tory peak by 7%.

05-06-2015 , 11:50 AM

#560

Huehuecoyotl

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Galloway seems like the worst

http://www.politico.eu/article/gallo...ons-uk-ge2015/

05-06-2015 , 12:00 PM

#561

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05-06-2015 , 12:09 PM

#562

chytry

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Either party winning is bad news for the UK .. except for vested interests.

05-06-2015 , 12:10 PM

#563

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

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I just want to see Nick Clegg crying after a resignation speech.

05-06-2015 , 12:24 PM

#564

dereds

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Think the focus on debt is a mistake, Paul Krugman explains why.

I'd prefer to see Clegg demolished in Hallam tbh

05-06-2015 , 12:48 PM

#565

sixfour

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unfortunately the clegg losing hallam thing seems to have lost steam, supposedly getting tactical votes from the conservatives to keep him in over labour

05-06-2015 , 02:36 PM

#566

dereds

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Yeah saw that and it's disappointing but somewhat expected

05-06-2015 , 02:59 PM

#567

Husker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1

In 1997 it was dropping and kept dropping till 2002 when it started increasing again so it wasn't a straightforward reduction. The trend at that time was upwards. Also, borrowing was dropping drastically, leading to a surplus for 3 years from 1998 till 2001 and then it was back to borrowing again. Labour inherited an improving economy.

05-06-2015 , 03:26 PM

#568

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Husker

The point is that in 2007 the debt to GDP % was not some kind of historical outlier of utter profligacy like some people are trying to make out.

05-06-2015 , 04:06 PM

#569

Husker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1

The point is that in 2007 the debt to GDP % was not some kind of historical outlier of utter profligacy like some people are trying to make out.

The other narrative is though that the economy was growing throughout this period and yet we were increasing borrowing and debt. Tax and NI contributions in 2007 were £265bn, 5 years later they were £365bn

05-06-2015 , 08:20 PM

#570

RowCoach

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Is there a shy Tory factor in 2015?

Pretty in depth article on how the polls might be underestimating the Tories.

05-06-2015 , 08:21 PM

#571

RowCoach

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Revealed: Ed’s night-time dash to casa Brand driven by postal ballot panic

Quote:

Labour insiders familiar with the latest figures have told Uncut that the picture for Labour in marginal seats, where it is fighting the Tories, is almost uniformly grim.

Seats that canvass returns had suggested were strong prospects for gains are much more finely balanced and those that were close are swinging heavily to the Tories.

The tartan scare is working with the fear of McLabour shifting large numbers of wavering Lib Dems and Ukippers into the Tory column.

National opinion polls and Lord Ashcroft’s last swathe of constituency polling have seemed to indicate a shift towards the Tories recently, but Labour insiders say the effect on the ground in marginals is much bigger than picked up in polls so far.