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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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Why do they bother if they are going to pre-announce everything.
Increased borrowing over the next couple of years.
Pension payments for the wealthiest reduced by £250k and £10k a year.
Balls is being a bit too blustery. |
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Just watched the chancellor say all the cuts and the associated pain are worth it cos our borrowing deficiti is coming down.
Two minutes later Balls gets up and says the complete opposite.
Who to believe. Non of them? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The best bit has been Speaker Berkow telling someone to take a chill pill and take up yoga to calm down."
Fuck it always seems like here but without the sound!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just watched the chancellor say all the cuts and the associated pain are worth it cos our borrowing deficiti is coming down.
Two minutes later Balls gets up and says the complete opposite.
Who to believe. Non of them? "
And yet, in the next breath, he is saying the borrowing requirement will be increasing until 2016-17!!! Make your flippin mind up Gideon!!!! FFS!!! 
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Just watched the chancellor say all the cuts and the associated pain are worth it cos our borrowing deficiti is coming down.
Two minutes later Balls gets up and says the complete opposite.
Who to believe. Non of them? "
Borrowing is going up for the next couple of years. At the same time the economy is not growing, which is needed to wipe out part of the deficit (that increase just erases it, essentially). The Government is saying the overall debt will begin to be cut but at a slower and later rate than originally promised. As long as nothing gets worse.
The decision to spend on infrastructure is welcome but the schools programme should never have been cancelled in the first place. It will cost more to update those plans and bring th proposals back. Especially when combined with the lost costs of doing all the work the first time around, the jobs that were stopped and no benefit achieved. |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
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"Danny Alexander getting the Paxman treatment. £108bn of borrowing this year.
Eurozone and banking crisis and not their policies are the fault."
hmmmmmmm so when labour borrowed it was labours fault.
when the conservatives borrow,it's the fault of the banking crisis hmmmmmm again.
oh well,i expect all of there other financial forecasts are on schedule,happy days.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Danny Alexander getting the Paxman treatment. £108bn of borrowing this year.
Eurozone and banking crisis and not their policies are the fault.
hmmmmmmm so when labour borrowed it was labours fault.
when the conservatives borrow,it's the fault of the banking crisis hmmmmmm again.
oh well,i expect all of there other financial forecasts are on schedule,happy days.
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It's still Labour's fault, apparently.
Ed Balls didn't do well enough in his response and not enough has been said about the failure of the Work Programme, the change of tack to invest in infrastructure (absolutely the right thing to do as far I am concerned) and the reduction in corporation tax to 21%.
Osborne looked pleased. The increase on tax allowance is welcome but I'm not sure about lowering the qualifying amount before paying higher rate taxes at this stage. That allows for more squeeze middle to be squeezed. |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
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"Danny Alexander getting the Paxman treatment. £108bn of borrowing this year.
Eurozone and banking crisis and not their policies are the fault.
hmmmmmmm so when labour borrowed it was labours fault.
when the conservatives borrow,it's the fault of the banking crisis hmmmmmm again.
oh well,i expect all of there other financial forecasts are on schedule,happy days.
It's still Labour's fault, apparently.
Ed Balls didn't do well enough in his response and not enough has been said about the failure of the Work Programme, the change of tack to invest in infrastructure (absolutely the right thing to do as far I am concerned) and the reduction in corporation tax to 21%.
Osborne looked pleased. The increase on tax allowance is welcome but I'm not sure about lowering the qualifying amount before paying higher rate taxes at this stage. That allows for more squeeze middle to be squeezed."
Unfortunately the conservatives came to power,not due to their own capabilities,but due to the incapability of the labour party.
This has not changed,it's quite scary to think,the people running this country,are only doing so,because they are the slightly less incapable  |
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