“The benefits underclass are really the result of Thatcherism. She closed down the British engineering industry and so many employees doing unskilled jobs went on benefits. That was the deal to keep them quiet.”
I can’t believe this historical tripe is still posted.:rolleyes:
Who’s the cynic? An inquest verdict has been reached by a jury with the evidence presented.
There may be more to come and I am content to accept what has happened and await further developments.
I fail to see what is cynical about that.
No Tony, his worst decision was continuing with the nonsensical renewables and emissions policy of the previous Energy Minister – one Ed Milliband! Now where have I come across that name before…….?
This story has been running for months. And there was an article somewhere a while back on this self-centered idiot’s fall from notoriety.
Tragic?? He has been the architect of his own destiny from the start and deserves no sympathy from any of us least of all his ex-members.
Good and essential for us to regain a degree of autonomy of our disintegrated energy policy. The best decision of a Prime Minister on energy policy in years.
Yes and that was the first showdown with the miners when Heath ended up going to the country asking “Who governs Britain”? Despite his attempts to coalesce with the Liberals the answer to the question was Labour. Maggie made damn sure coal reserves were the highest for years before her confrontation. The closing down of much of the UK coal industry followed on the heels of several other countries in Europe and the last pit in France closed several years ago whilst here there are still three deep mines and several open cast mines.
“Berberian Sound Studio” – overhyped navel gazing tosh. “A Serious Man” – a decent Coen brothers film – but not exceptional. It followed No Country For Old Men, from which they were probably still recovering!!
Precisely. So the fact that he failed to secure a majority of seats left the question rather begging………or you could argue that as he won the popular vote the Government was endorsed.
Either way the scene was set for hats followed a decade later.
Yes of course there is not the least of which is the phasing down of aid to India announced months ago and already debated here.
In principle I agree that foreign aid should be reduced.
And of course unless you understand the complex European relationships in the years preceding July/August 1914 you cannot begin to understand the start of the war.
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