John Marwood
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I think you are open to reason
So that does not make you stupid
I could weep at the 'choice' We have
But not choosing is not an option
Tits Up v Shit On
I choose not to be shat at
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Labour predicted to win Stafford in May 2015 General Election by .03% Majority
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I think you are open to reason
So that does not make you stupid
I could weep at the 'choice' We have
But not choosing is not an option
Tits Up v Shit On
I choose not to be shat at
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
You'll just end up with a Republican/Monarchist spilt.
Withnail
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How did you vote in the AV referendum?
Noah
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Nah. Lets break up England and go back to the old countries, Northumbria, Rheged, Mercia, East Anglia, Wessex ... Real localism.
Withnail
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TBF there tended to be quite an awful lot of murdering going on in the 'voting' process.
This is not, necessarily, a lack of endorsement for the process...
Don't ask!
My opposition at the time was due to the main cheerleader for AV was Nick Clegg and out of the different forms of PR, AV favoured the Lib Dems the most.
Withnail
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Well.
John Marwood
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I thought my second line answered your question ie. I voted against AV.
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Gramaisc
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Apparently, Clegg has got his Pledge out again - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32311736 .
Bunch of arrogant nobs, shouldn't be in charge of a toaster never mind the country!
I may be neither. Give us a kiss and I'll tell you!
I imagine you think that only white faces allowed in UKIP
https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/videos/10152902969537672/?fref=nf
After all Labour has done for them. Don't they know they're 'owned' by Labour and should show unquestioning loyalty.
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Trickle up austerity, the more he cuts the worst it gets.....From the TORYgraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...K-will-fail-to-balance-the-books-by-2020.html
International Monetary Fund says government spending is likely to be higher over the next five years than implied in the Budget
The next government will fail to balance the books before the end of the decade, according to the International Monetary Fund, which said "uncertainties" surrounding next month's general election implied that austerity would be less severe than currently forecast.
In a blow to Tory plans to achieve an overall budget surplus by 2018-19, IMF forecasts showed the UK would still be running a deficit of around 0.3pc of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020 - or around £7bn under implied spending plans - instead of a surplus of the same amount.
Britain's deficit stood at more than £90bn last year, or 5pc of GDP.
The IMF said spending on public services was likely to be higher over the next five years than suggested by the Government in the Budget.
"On the expenditure side, given uncertainties pertaining to the May elections, a slightly slower pace of consolidation than that in the Budget is assumed for fiscal year 2016-17 and beyond," the IMF said in its twice-yearly Fiscal Monitor.
The Office for Budget Responsbility (OBR), the government's fiscal watchdog, said last month that Chancellor George Osborne's plans to end Britain's spending squeeze a year early would put the UK on a "rollercoaster profile" for public services spending, with a massive squeeze followed by a £20bn splurge at the end of the decade.
The IMF was also less optimistic about the amount of revenues it believes the government can raise from areas including income tax, VAT and business rates over the next five years. It expects these to equate to 36.1pc of GDP by 2020, compared with the OBR's assumption of 36.3pc.
