How have we recovered? Germany, France and Italy still had large, exporting manufacturing

industries after the 80's when ours was totally destroyed in favour of the "new" economy that has now led to the huge problems we now have.
Restructuring and regeneration were drastically needed but not wholesale destruction in the name of ideology, the same as is happening now

Posted By: CB41 on August 11th 2010 at 11:07:14

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That c**t Gove really is turning ou to be the c**t of all c**ts (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:19:48
- you prob voted for the cunts (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Aug 11, 10:52:33
  - Really? If you think that, you really are as thick as folk say, aren't you? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 11:02:33
    - nerve well and truly touched (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Aug 11, 11:09:47
- The Conservatives £3.4bn lost in one afternoon (1992) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 11, 10:49:51
  - I thought it was £8bn. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:53:21
    - 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Aug 11, 10:54:25
- All tis vvvv apart, he is a prize c**t isn't he. I mean, just look and listen to him! (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:38:00
  - agreed he is a bit int'ee (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:41:00
    - He has an ubber punchable face. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:42:31
      - He's known to Cameron & Osbourne as 'Oiky' Gove because he didn't go to Eton or Harrow. (General Chat) - jafski, Aug 11, 10:45:07
- Go on Govey, you know you want to Govey (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 11, 10:35:45
- Also to be fair. alot of these parks have sprung up and they get swamped by 13-17 yoots. (General Chat) - songwriter, Aug 11, 10:29:58
- lol tbf there is more important things to spend money on than some monkey bars (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:25:44
  - What, you mean like building new scho.... (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:30:05
    - AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAH! BANG! BANG! FUCKTWAT! MASSIVE ALARM AUDIO NOISE! BANG! (General Chat) - tehwatch, Aug 11, 11:08:06
    - FAO: Tehwatch ^^^^^^^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Aug 11, 10:42:14
    - "The government claims the cuts are unavoidable because the welfare state has been too (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:39:10
      - Right then.... (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:43:56
        
        Thatcher did the same - (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:48:19
        
        after the war, GB lulled whilst Germany and Japan who were both bombed to dust (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 11:01:04
        
        How have we recovered? Germany, France and Italy still had large, exporting manufacturing (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 11:07:14
        
        thats part of the discussion (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 11:12:49
        
        Lull (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 11:17:14
        
        And the sane (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:51:33
        
        Indeed - you going to Trafalgar Square? Think there will be one nearer me in (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:54:13
        
        You'll like this then (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:56:35
        
        Agreed with Trident. Who, exactly are we deterring with it? (General Chat) - megson, Aug 11, 10:46:23
        
        agree in part, but at the same time it was nooks that prevented the cold war (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:50:15
        
        Partly agree, but that's done, gone, and won't be back. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 11, 11:02:21
        
        It was the Nukes that started the whole thing! (n/m) (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:52:55
        
        Yes, this ^^^ and who had the first one and started it all? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:55:22
        
        Sweden? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 11:02:08
        
        Those bloody belgians..... (n/m) (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:56:56
      - and? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:40:52
        
        and therefore TB is a fool if he believes that statement (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:42:32
    - Blimey Roma, you've done it now:-( I like Ben but he is definitely t a (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:34:24
      - STANNND UPPPPP ALL VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION.... (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:38:21
  - Yes but every one has their own definition of importance. The point is, (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:30:00
    - £235m is not trivial when you think of all the job losses in the gov sector (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:35:49
    - I refuse to accept £235m is a 'trivially small amount of money' (General Chat) - King, Aug 11, 10:33:06
      - I don't (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:35:33
      - how big is the economy? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:34:55
        
        About (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:44:32
        
        just a little bit smaller than Akinfenwa (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:38:22
        
        fair old size then (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:41:31
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:40:16
        
        Much, much smaller than it was or will ever be again. The welfare budget, well (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:36:35
  - exactly... (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:29:55
  - It's spending money on madcap social schemes like playgrounds (General Chat) - APB, Aug 11, 10:28:49
    - (irony) (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Aug 11, 10:33:55
      - I know ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:37:07
    - Madcap schmes like helping people become pregnant funded by the NHS (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:32:08
      - and what's wrong with funding IVF on the NHS? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:37:11
        
        Why though. If you can't get pregnant, you can't get pregnant. It's not a human right. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:39:12
        
        oh we could get pregnant alright (and fortunately Mrs Scrampton was pregnant when we went (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:44:00
        
        Not being able to walk has a seriously detrimental effact on your (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:57:20
        
        ideot (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 11:00:20
        
        How so? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 11:14:05
      - How is fertility treatment madcap? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 11, 10:36:10
        
        Because ther are a vast number of spare, unwanted children and babies. Supply (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:39:56
        
        stop trolling. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:44:41
      - i'd like to apply for both those jobs please (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:33:44
    - nah lets just set up some sweatshops (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:30:46

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