P.K. Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Rog said: Lehman was brought about by a rogue trader as well you (should) know. (Ehhhh????) But that apart, when was the statement ever made that Austerity was to be over? Chancellor Sajid Javid declares end of austerity - 4th Sep 2019 The government has declared it has "turned the page on austerity" as it set out plans to raise spending across all departments. Chancellor Sajid Javid outlined £13.8bn of investment in areas including health, education and the police in what he said was the fastest increase in spending for 15 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49577250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, P.K. said: Chancellor Sajid Javid declares end of austerity - 4th Sep 2019 The government has declared it has "turned the page on austerity" as it set out plans to raise spending across all departments. Chancellor Sajid Javid outlined £13.8bn of investment in areas including health, education and the police in what he said was the fastest increase in spending for 15 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49577250 Turning the page on austerity is NOT saying an end of "austerity", it is saying it is to move to the next phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, Rog said: Turning the page on austerity is NOT saying an end of "austerity", it is saying it is to move to the next phrase. Dear me! Next thing it will be back to the bloody bus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 12:26 AM, wrighty said: @P.K. - do you type the phrase “totally amoral serial philanderer and inveterate liar” or whatever it is each time, or is it assigned to a single function key as a shortcut? Adding to this, just think of the time you'll save P.K. if you just say he's S.P.I.N.AL ie a Serial Philanderer, Inveterate, Narcissistic, Amoral Liar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Austerity just means tough times for lazy people with 3 or more kids, often to more than one father. Many of whom have never managed to ever hold down a full time job... and then moan about migrants that do. Well overdue IMO. These are the people adding no value to, and killing the planet. ETA: and are 30% of the Brexiteers. ..living in a bubble version of the British Empire they got told about by some England fan who remembers his grandad waving the cross of St George in a pub in 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manximus Aururaneus Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 14 hours ago, Chinahand said: Adding to this, just think of the time you'll save P.K. if you just say he's S.P.I.N.AL ie a Serial Philanderer, Inveterate, Narcissistic, Amoral Liar. To round off the storey, just add T.A.P. - Then Appointed Prime minister. S.P.I.N.A.L.T.A.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I can sort of imagine Boris transposing into an Ossie Osborne-esque caricature of an aging rocker. Phewwhhhhr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 To be honest I think it's important to remind folks what a flawed character Johnson actually is. His New Year message, naturally from warmer climes, included the usual "Get Brexit Done" by the end of Jan nonsense. Are there really people out there stupid enough to believe him? It will take a lot longer than a month... Thatcher set the Gold Standard for toxicity and polarisation. The country is most definitely polarised by brexit but it hasn't got toxic yet because essentially nothing has actually been done. Jolly times ahead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manximus Aururaneus Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, P.K. said: To be honest I think it's important to remind folks what a flawed character Johnson actually is. His New Year message, naturally from warmer climes, included the usual "Get Brexit Done" by the end of Jan nonsense. Are there really people out there stupid enough to believe him? It will take a lot longer than a month... Thatcher set the Gold Standard for toxicity and polarisation. The country is most definitely polarised by brexit but it hasn't got toxic yet because essentially nothing has actually been done. Jolly times ahead.... So who would be your favourite (flawless) post WW2 PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 47 minutes ago, Manximus Aururaneus said: So who would be your favourite (flawless) post WW2 PM? Have you read "A Journey" by that nice Anthony Blair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manximus Aururaneus Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 36 minutes ago, P.K. said: Have you read "A Journey" by that nice Anthony Blair? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Answering a question with a question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Manximus Aururaneus said: No The reason I ask is because it was the first "political" memoir I have read which gave some fascinating insights into the running of a modern democracy. However it also pulled no punches as to how not only were Blair's policies put under the microscope of the UK rabid right wing press, which is to say pretty much all of it, but so were his family. Now Johnson is such a "colourful character" shall we say his personality flaws have left all sorts of skeletons in all sorts of cupboards. But from the Wail, Telegraph, Express, Sun etc etc not so much as a peep. It's such fertile ground you would think they should have had teams ferreting away for that juicy scandal - but nothing. Why is that do you think? Incidentally trying to get me to name a previous PM you can use to try and distract attention from Johnson's manifest failings is pointless. I'm a Liberal, hence I dispise the tory "I'm all right Jack, let's keep it that way..." ethos. However if you must know the politician I admired the most in my lifetime was John Smith. For sheer honesty, integrity, intelligence and passion he was head and shoulders above ALL of his contempories of ALL political colours. I'm sure he would have made the best Prime Minister since WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manximus Aururaneus Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 29 minutes ago, P.K. said: The reason I ask is because it was the first "political" memoir I have read which gave some fascinating insights into the running of a modern democracy. However it also pulled no punches as to how not only were Blair's policies put under the microscope of the UK rabid right wing press, which is to say pretty much all of it, but so were his family. Now Johnson is such a "colourful character" shall we say his personality flaws have left all sorts of skeletons in all sorts of cupboards. But from the Wail, Telegraph, Express, Sun etc etc not so much as a peep. It's such fertile ground you would think they should have had teams ferreting away for that juicy scandal - but nothing. Why is that do you think? Incidentally trying to get me to name a previous PM you can use to try and distract attention from Johnson's manifest failings is pointless. I'm a Liberal, hence I dispise the tory "I'm all right Jack, let's keep it that way..." ethos. However if you must know the politician I admired the most in my lifetime was John Smith. For sheer honesty, integrity, intelligence and passion he was head and shoulders above ALL of his contempories of ALL political colours. I'm sure he would have made the best Prime Minister since WW2. I would have voted for John Smith too - or perhaps Alan Johnson, so perhaps I might belong in a different box to that you have assigned me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 12:51 PM, Manximus Aururaneus said: So who would be your favourite (flawless) post WW2 PM? The only way to be a flawless PM is die on election day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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