Author Topic: What about Blair? (Read 800 times)

ravells · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2004, 08:43:00 AM »

Actually, I think that having Avatars based on beers is a wonderful idea.

Ravs

Swoop · « **Reply #31 on:** March 31, 2004, 08:58:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Momus--
Nope, the Conservatives introduced the SLC in 1990 and froze the grants at the same time. I should know, I was in my 1st year at Uni at the time.

Grants were halved again in 1998 for all current students and not available at all to new students. I should know, I was in my 1st year at Uni at the time.

But yes, the conservatives came up with the idea in the 1st place.

Replicant · « **Reply #32 on:** March 31, 2004, 09:23:54 AM »

Blair is only interested in his own ego. He doesn't care about anyone else unless he decides to use it towards his advantage. What I'd like to see is a mutiny!

CyranoAH · « **Reply #33 on:** March 31, 2004, 09:37:15 AM »

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Originally posted by Replicant
Blair is only interested in his own ego. He doesn't care about anyone else unless he decides to use it towards his advantage. What I'd like to see is a mutiny!

Yarrrrrrr!!! Say no more mate!

Frogm4n · « **Reply #34 on:** March 31, 2004, 09:39:29 AM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
anyone read the readers digest article this month where they compare bush/blair with churchill/roosevelt?

good article

Wow, just wow. I am sure readers digest is the source of all your most supreme intelligence.

Eagler · « **Reply #35 on:** March 31, 2004, 09:44:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
Wow, just wow. I am sure readers digest is the source of all your most supreme intelligence.

no its actually crapper material ... sorta like ur posts

did you read the article or just another knee jerk reaction post..?

Maverick · « **Reply #36 on:** March 31, 2004, 10:16:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
no its actually crapper material ... sorta like ur posts

did you read the article or just another knee jerk reaction post..?

"FLUSH!"

OWNED!!!!

Defiance · « **Reply #37 on:** March 31, 2004, 11:08:47 AM »

Yo,
United,
IMHO he's a banana pure n simple (brit term of effection

)

Just the samo samo parasite in office, Can't see him lasting much longer myself
Pitty darn tories aint got their act together to aid in elections

Ahh, Voted labour once and that was a protest vote at the tories
After seeing new labour in action and all the hidden and not hidden taxations etc it seems to me heir blair is more tory than the darn tories ever were !!!!

At least with maggie ya knew she did wnat she said she wanted to etc

These slippery gits called new labour can't tell their r's from their elbows

And as for blunkett i think he did too much lsd at college or somert because he surely aint floating in coordination with the rest of us on this earth (his dog seems more inteligent at times)

Not one to dig at afflictions but this dudes not only visually blind he is blind to normality and common-sense

He is steamrolling a ID card through asap
Means all will have to carry one, Well that's all well n good but he uses this ID scheme as a way to comabt illegal aliens
Hmm let's see,,, OHH I SEE so these illegals will of course rush to get an ID card !!!

And if that's not bad enough millions was wasted testing this scheme sometime ago in netherlands (certain) and other surrounding countries i think

But hey up good ole new labour will find a way to make somert busted work

i think not

Tories, Let's build a canvas dome on thames bank at greenwich...Labour, Damn you tories that's a stupid idea we are against it !!!, Tories topple, Along comes new labour n says hmm we like this canvas dome let's pump tax payers money into it seeing as it's only got a short lifespan !!! (weekly gaurding/main/etc still costing joe bloggs public here in uk btw lmao) new labour phewy more like pooh labour

Ohh he's an interesting fact for all you labour fans out there, Supposed to be for the working man wasn't it labour party eg Labour Party !
Funny how they aint up for unions anymore aint it

Hmm who they just booted out the good ole largest union in uk the railworkers 1st time in history, Truth is new labour aint after working mans votes as it's been shown

Another, When labour got elected all the officials etc are given residencies etc and labour only trebled the price they could spend tarting the pads up, Not to mention all the works of art they brought out from secure places so they could impress colleagues etc lmao

Samo samo, Tories tell ya to ya face New labour slugs hide n sneak stuff in

IMHO of course

tomato · « **Reply #38 on:** March 31, 2004, 01:56:57 PM »

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Originally posted by cpxxx
Not one country who has joined the Euro wants to go back. ... Despite all the fuss over the issue not one country in Euroland seems to have suffered because of it.

Countries that have joined the Euro cannot go back to their old currencies. The EU is said to have form but no heart, because it is driven by politicians with their eye on the Euro Gravy Train, and not by the will of the people in those countries. (Neil Kinnock ?

)

The Euro ideal reminds me of the ERM. Each country is tied into interest rates set by Brussels, even though each country's economy is entirely different. I recall White Wednesday, when Britain was forced to put up interest rates to a staggering 15%, because Britain's economic cycle was not in line with those of other EU countries. And then it fell outta the ERM.

I think Britain is doing very well (despite Tony Blair) without the Euro. It will do even better when TB and his cronies are gone.

Good riddance, I say!

Replicant · « **Reply #39 on:** March 31, 2004, 02:24:08 PM »

Blair just tries every trick in the book to win support. His constant ramblings though of how bad it was when the Tories were in control before 1997 is somewhat irrelevent now because Labour have done so little since coming into power.

The recent announcement of up to 40,000 civil service jobs to go within the Department of Works and Pensions is another attempt to try and win favour. Many people think civil servants are overpaid, well, I'm a civil servant and I can assure you that most are paid below the national recommended average wage. So, this might make an initial saving but then they'll end up have to recruit agency staff to fill in civil servants swapping jobs early, pay redundencies, pay consultancy fees for people wishing new jobs/retiring etc. Then they'll realise it hasn't worked and will have to recruit and retrain staff at added cost. I really don't think it's been thought through very well at all!

Another issue that many aren't familiar with is that when Labour entered Government they spent the emergency war treasure chest worth billions to try and influence the people into believing how good they were. Unfortunately they didn't expect another Gulf War and other peace keeping campaigns around the world leaving them heavily strapped for cash. This has meant reducing the armed forces and making other unnecessary cuts that could, and have, cost lives.

Swoop · « **Reply #40 on:** March 31, 2004, 02:30:43 PM »

It runs in cycles.......the Tories tighten belts and prep the country for economic stability and get voted out. Labour reaps the benefits of all the Tories careful book keeping and come up smelling of roses for a year or two.......and then it all falls appart and labour get voted out. Then the Tories come back and spend years repairing the damage done.......and get voted out.

Rince and repeat ad nausium.

tomato · « **Reply #41 on:** March 31, 2004, 03:07:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Swoop
It runs in cycles.......the Tories tighten belts and prep the country for economic stability and get voted out. Labour reaps the benefits of all the Tories careful book keeping and come up smelling of roses for a year or two.......and then it all falls appart and labour get voted out. Then the Tories come back and spend years repairing the damage done.......and get voted out.

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