Current Affairs The General Election

[davek]

Read this: https://www.newstatesman.com/politi...et-privatisation-scandal-nobody-talking-about

Don't be a tourist - especially if you're going to keep carrying yourself like you're Nigel Farage


The Neoliberal Squish Quarterly Review

I knew it wouldn't be any credible journal.

 

[Zatara]

Not really successful as in actually doing anything other than play up to a character he created.

In the same way that the Kardashian clan, (I know zero about them actually), are "successful".

Either way, i do find it impressive to walk away from £600k a year and into a far lower paid job.

Wouldnt mean i would vote for him! But its a good trait...

 

[abelard]

But my takeaway was about the 33% of british children in poverty? Surely that cant be true

It's because the taxes are too high

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

What happens if alot of the top 5% relocate to Italy, Spain or Portugal (all offering tax free or low tax for expats)...

Into proper Social progressive countries, I'd wet myself laughing.

 

[larrygobfiend]

Rich Tory blues scared of getting taxed a bit more. You love to see it

 

[roydo]

But my takeaway was about the 33% of british children in poverty? Surely that cant be true

I struggle with that as well. But I have a view that pretty much every pressure group will use statistics to suit their agenda. Like the obesity ones will have you believe that millions of kids are fat as. They arent. Some are, sure, but they create new definitions to suit their narrative.

On the poverty one, they use a relative ratio of a % of average earnings = being in poverty. By that ratio, I am in poverty, and so is my ex wife, and one of our kids. Frankly, neither of us are.

 

[Connor]

 

[JimmyJeffers]

with many fellow everton people set to suffer in mr johnson wins then i hope this website can DENOUNCE the conservative bozos thank u.

I’m with you brother.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Have you thought that perhaps Labour gets negative press and Tories get positive press because of what they want to do.....

Have you thought about asking yourself why you claim that the same robust economy that you believe can survive the hardest of Brexits, can't survive these spending plans? Or that the wealth that we will generate following our triumphant exit from the EU won't be able to sustain it?

 

[Wat Tyler]

Have you thought that perhaps Labour gets negative press and Tories get positive press because of what they want to do.....

Or maybe because it is in the vested interests of the media barons to do everything they can to keep Labour from power?

 

[spectateur]

Or maybe because it is in the vested interests of the media barons to do everything they can to keep Labour from power?

That's more like it.

 

[abelard]

Have you thought that perhaps Labour gets negative press and Tories get positive press because of what they want to do.....

For probably the tenth time...

 

[Blues Harp]

Have you thought that perhaps Labour gets negative press and Tories get positive press because of what they want to do.....

............For the few, not the many.......most of the uk print media is owned by right wing billionaires.

 

[ToffeeTim]

This is the most packed audience I've ever seen lol

 

[ToffeeTim]

Can we have a proper debate without a load of party activists in the audience please.