And your reply Skyhigh shows how much the government’s spin has stuck.

I understand completely what is at stake but scaremongering the public into accepting swingeing cuts is not the right way.
Much of the debt was built up to support our major banks. Would the Tories have really let them go to the wall? We would have been in a deep depression then, not a recession.

I believe the current administration have overdone how bad the situation was in order to get their measures through. The measures Alistair Darling put in place tried to ensure that the economy due to WORLD recession was recovering from around March/April 2010, just in time for George and his mates to come and jeopardize that recovery.

Interesting that it is OK for Osborne to go off on holiday but I seem to recall a huge amount of criticism when Tony Blair did the same – and we weren’t under going “austerity” measures then either.

When I meet people who have or are losing their jobs as a result of government measures, I can understand bitterness towards those who have taken those decisions, especially when they appear to be taking expensive holidays and especially when those measures appear to make no sense. Nothing to do with sour grapes or jealousy.

That’s a pointless statement, if they have the money then they are are welcome to spend it on a holiday, as anyone in there position could.
There is a difference between your job and what you do privately.

Osborne shouldn’t lecture the rest of us on austerity measures should he. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to act sensibly and stay in the UK this winter – then again it is Osborne we’re talking about.:rolleyes:

The posters on here must be very well off if a 2.5% price on many items will have no effect. It is true that TV may only rise £8 but the cumulative effect of a 2.5% price rise will be significant to many households in conjunction with other loss of earnings. Interesting that many retailers are planning to absorb the VAT rise initially – they clearly think it will have an effect on sales.

Labour’s idea was that the tax rises and/or cuts should be phased over a longer period of time. Already the welfare budget has risen above the predicted level as more folks lose their jobs because of measures implemented too fast and poorly thought out. UK economic forecasts are starting to be downgraded as the “austerity” measure bite where they will hurt most. It will take only a small rise in inflation for the whole fragile recovery to collapse.

Tax rises at the moment jeopardize the fragile economic recovery. The VAT rise has already had an impact on our buying and anyone who buys fuel will notice it pretty soon.

I notice that George “we’re all in it together” Osborne managed to get his skiing holiday at Klosters in before the VAT rise though.

Not sure about level as the ends are about 20ft higher than the middle – so in some respects a lake would be ideal.:)
However, the OAA site on the south side is not closing and is in fact being expanded so access is still required somehow.
From speaking to guys involved, the the plan is for the MRA4s to be broken up after stripping for spares where appropriate. The RJX is likely to remain for the near future but long term I have my doubts.

The first sentence of that article put me off right away. 5 airframes have flown not one.
I don’t disagree that it is a staggering waste of money though. Are airframes really offered to museums? Who on earth would want one anyway? It only signifies engineering mismanagement and political uselessness.

All I’m doing is pointing out the inconsistencies in your postings. One minute you say you would inflict violence, the next you say you haven’t a violent bone in your money. Which is it?

I don’t know how I would do at manning the phones in a 999 call centre -I’ve never done it. I’m sure it is a difficult job at times – like all jobs really.

Dealing with violence with more violence is not going to work. Ever.

You can ask any of the people in here that know me, I havent a nasty or violent bone in my body…

My point is, Smacking the **** out of these people is the ONLY way to get a point accross or teach them, anything

There would be a lot of damage caused (by me)

But its easy to make judgements of people over the internet, isnt it?

Yes it is.