I heard an interesting stat the other day

To tackle his recession, John Major split 50:50 between tax rises and public spending cuts

NONE the current parties has had the balls to suggest tax rises on that scale. Labour does least cutting and most tax hikes, LibDems in between, but no-one goes near Major's (Ken Clarke's?) ratio

Posted By: Old Git on May 10th 2010 at 15:25:53

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ReTwat (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, May 10, 14:07:28
- Actually the rumoured deal sounds really bad (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 14:43:39
  - just how out of touch are you with the goings on in this country? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 14:47:43
    - Do you really not know what the Tories are capable of? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 15:09:31
      - y'see, this sounds exactly like all the scare stories that were put around by the Tories (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 15:22:25
        
        I heard an interesting stat the other day (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 15:25:53
        
        That was the "Yes it hurt, yes it worked." era wunt ut? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, May 10, 15:45:15
      - You forgot eating babies (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 15:18:21
        
        and stealing milk (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in Switzerland, May 10, 15:49:00
        
        Yes, but Thatcher did do that... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 15:59:12
        
        dont forget those poor down trodden unions! bullied they were.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 16:00:41
        
        and the argentine fascist junta - thatcher bullied them too! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 16:01:09
        
        I expect they feed burgers to swans, too. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 10, 15:20:15
        
        Probably more healthy than bread (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 10, 15:57:18
        
        I thought it was just to their kids (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, May 10, 15:23:55
        
        Don't be daft OG (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 15:19:30
        
        I think that like all politicos (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 15:22:38
        
        Well, that's true enough (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 15:42:18
    - That is almost 100% convincing Malcolm Tucker. Very well done sir. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 10, 14:56:19
      - completely unintentional, but thank you (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 14:59:57
- another retwat (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 14:32:28
  - AV is the worst form of PR (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 14:36:51
    - it's that ^^^ sort of 'I'm alright Jack' that this country is missing... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 14:39:36
    - do sub-optimal voting systems make you so angry you want to leave the country? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 10, 14:38:10
      - No but a rampant Tory government does (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 14:39:42
        
        ^^^ definite closet Tory (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 14:40:19
        
        doesnt want to pay labours taxes morelike! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 14:43:45
      - He is literally SEETHING with democratic-reform-rage (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 14:39:22
        
        do you think that's how he chose his destination? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 10, 14:43:30
        
        Yes, it's a bit bizarre, granted (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 10, 15:25:23
        
        ^^^ POTD ^^^ (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 15:19:13
        
        I used to work with a Danish guy (General Chat) - camcan, May 10, 14:45:11
        
        Did he have a brother called Olufson? (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 14:46:49
        
        Yes. They often did speaking engagements together. (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, May 10, 14:50:49
  - Fuck, I've already got BluRay (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 14:36:21
- good (n/m) (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, May 10, 14:28:25
- You voted for Cameron? (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 14:09:26
  - ABGB (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, May 10, 14:12:26
    - Gordon Bennett? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 14:26:11
      - Dave Bennett (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 10, 14:28:19
        
        Would (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 10, 14:31:12
        
        ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 10, 14:36:25
  - many did. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 14:11:16
    - Not enough thankfully (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 14:13:10
      - but more than whoever voted for whoever you support. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 14:21:34
        
        Yep, lot of cunts about (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 14:22:59
        
        lol! everyone else is wrong, huh?! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 14:24:02
        
        Not everyone no, just that minority of 36% (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 14:28:16
        
        you can catagorize as much as you want.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 14:43:03
        
        That's the trouble int ut tho. The majority did want Brown out, but also the majority didn (General Chat) - jafski, May 10, 14:56:53
        
        true, but you can also argue..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 15:59:59
        
        I'm going to be the next Prime Minister (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 15:00:10
        
        jamesward (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, May 10, 15:05:16
        
        PS what are your policies? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, May 10, 15:05:28
        
        Compulsory political education, with a bit of luck. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 10, 15:16:04
        
        we had that at CNS in the 80's...... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 10, 16:19:23
        
        he'll never keep himself in power with that sort of policy... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 15:54:20
        
        Free love (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 10, 15:14:56

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