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  1. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Sounds a bit like you did ;) It clearly wasn't austerity, it was taxing and spending more than any government in peacetime history.
  2. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

  3. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Don't forget those magic batteries that will be able to hold 1,000,000,000 times current capacities, due to come online in...... <Insert any number you like>..... years.
  4. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I don't measure it as a success. I count spaffing the next 2-3 generations' tax returns up the wall as one of the stupidest thing a government's ever done.
  5. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    They claimed austerity as it polled well with swing voters. But then they taxed and spent more than any government before them had in over half a century.
  6. scaramanga

    *** The official 2025/26 Premier League thread ***

    If that was a foul on the keeper then Arsenal would be midtable
  7. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Is that the austerity and right wing economics that lead to our last Conservative government taxing and spending more than any government since WWII? Or the Labour government that taxed and spent even more?
  8. scaramanga

    *** The official 2025/26 Premier League thread ***

    Football has two incontrovertible, fundamental rules. Arsenal will bottle anything going. West Ham are brick. You can't override the basics laws of the universe.
  9. scaramanga

    *** The official 2025/26 Premier League thread ***

    They were down before the season started. It's just taken them this long to realise
  10. scaramanga

    *** The official 2025/26 Premier League thread ***

    We'll still finish above that pile of brick if they win. City might not finish ahead of those other clams if they do.
  11. scaramanga

    *** The official 2025/26 Premier League thread ***

    So we're supporting Spam today, right?
  12. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Healthcare and welfare are the two largest costs by far.
  13. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    It's an interesting study in human behaviour this. The left wing and the press have beaten the drum about cuts to public spending for years now, the the point where intelligent people like you believe it and even repeat it. The truth is, the tax burden is higher in this country than it has...
  14. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    The difference is, I think the Conservatives can win back votes when Reform are required to show fiscal ability. The Labour voters they've won have never voted for a party on economic grounds, so are less likely to be pushed away. If Labour can prove they're more reliable on immigration than...
  15. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    It's a luxury vote, on a meaningless subject, for those who can afford identity politics over needing to put food on the table.
  16. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Modern politics is less about where they stand and more about who they appeal to. They've lost the working classes for a generation. The middle class won't vote for them until they show some kind of economic credibility. They've lost the "don't need to work" classes to any pro-Palestinian...
  17. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Mahmood is clearly the smartest person in the room. Which means the unions will block her. Streeting understands economics. Which means the party will block him. Anyone else of any standing has just had their arses handed to them by extremists in their own back yards and would have to run...
  18. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    It won't backfire because it's the Greens they've chosen. Neither party are palatable to civilised human beings, so they're aiming at those places where it's a close vote between the two. People who wouldn't usually vote for either would surely choose Reform as the lesser of two evils in this...
  19. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    A million quid in your pension pot would make you a millionaire without being anywhere near rich. A million pound business would probably be a good earner without making you rich. In the South East, you could get most of the way to a million with a detached house and a car or two without being...
  20. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    A millionaire in today's values is a very long way from what most people would traditionally consider rich.
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