tsubaki
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TBH it would be enough to take the nuclear deterrent out of the MoD and put it elsewhere; that way it wouldnt do what it has done ever since Polaris and defund the other forces (massively so in the Navy's case).
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TBH it would be enough to take the nuclear deterrent out of the MoD and put it elsewhere; that way it wouldnt do what it has done ever since Polaris and defund the other forces (massively so in the Navy's case).
roydo
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Happy to admit I am not embedded with the details of the ins and outs mate, but even I know that scrapping a nuclear programme and instantly diverting the cash to social care is not as straight forward as the poster said it was.
There’s a big market for half built nuclear subs on eBay actually.
Some hullefc user or other would buy it to sail it down the Humber.
tsubaki
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There are times it could be done - as the system requires replacement for instance - but it really needs to be a stand alone budget item, or in a truly ideal world a budget item that has a specific tax to support it.
peteblue
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As opposed to Labour spend and tax ideology......
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Not really, the amount spent on the whole of defence is still only 20% of social services. The nuclear weapons bit is really quite small....
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Defence, the whole of Defence, nuclear, conventional, RAF, RN, Army is barely 6% of the public budget. You could do away with all of it, everything, and it would be swallowed up by increases to NHS and pensions. It’s a nonsense argument.......
peteblue
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Road tax doesn’t go to fix the roads. It’s a bit like National Insurance......
His forecasts have improved quite a lot since the spring statement.
Like all budgets there are a few little stealth taxes too to bring in a bit of money. Quite a few of the capital gains reliefs have been tightened up, there's NIC increase for self employed etc. Easy political things that will raise a little bit of extra cash without 99.9% of the population knowing a thing about it.
I think we should try to live within our means. Call me old fashioned but I think we should treat public finances like our own personal finances. Only spend what we can afford.
A fairly bland budget all in all but that's no bad thing.
A fairly bland budget all in all but that's no bad thing.
...and excellent public services. Surely it’s more important to have a functional NHS, money for schools, police on the streets etc. It’s what people want, it’s what people need.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
It would be nice to see the police on the streets.......
tsubaki
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I thought your stance was that we had enough police?
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