The Labour Leadership Debate!!
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Not at all. Simple/thoughtless messages are easier to convey.
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I like him for the same reason I was deeply disappointed in the last US elections when Newt Gingrich dropped out of the Republican nominations. Both Gingrich and Corbyn add much needed colour and interest to an otherwise boring, grey process.NickFaulks wrote:I disagree with Corbyn on many issues, but I do like his willingness to give straight answers to straight questions
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Too true!Jonathan Rogers wrote:Not at all. Simple/thoughtless messages are easier to convey.
The more nuanced message "The EU may be rubbish for you but it's brilliant for me because I can get my snout firmly embedded in the best trough going, so vote to stay in the EU" is a tricky sell which requires far more skill in circumlocution.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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I regret the passing of Lord Sewell from public life. He looked like he knew how to inject some variety into things
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The only Sewell I knew of before this was Brian Sewell. I doubt Lord Sewell is a patch on him.David Robertson wrote:I regret the passing of Lord Sewell from public life. He looked like he knew how to inject some variety into things
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It seems to me that this is especially true of macroeconomics where the orthodox view is that the nation’s finances are like household finances, that it’s prudent not to be – or ever to be - in debt... I’m sure there are many MPs – such as my own MP, Chuka Umunna (as well as George Osborne, of course, and, I imagine, just about all Tories) - who trade on this understanding but likely know better (or are, at least, uncertain).Jonathan Rogers wrote:... Simple/thoughtless messages are easier to convey.
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I wouldn't say that households act like that either mind The net amount of household debt in the country is definitely rather 'impressive'.
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I wholeheartedly agree.MartinCarpenter wrote:I wouldn't say that households act like that either mind The net amount of household debt in the country is definitely rather 'impressive'.
For my father's generation (less than 5 years to go to his telegram from the queen) what Angus says is right, but even for my generation (9years older than Angus) it is wrong.
People my age, Angus' age and younger grasped the concept from the 80's on that taking on large amounts of debt, even apparently unsustainable, was worthwhile if future income was expected to rise significantly along with rising inflation because the relative value of the debt would decline rapidly even if it stayed relatively stable in absolute terms.
The flip side of that, that when future income is likely to decline as is future inflation then debt should be reduced or eliminated, is rather more difficult to grasp. Even whole countries like Greece, or rather their governments, seem to struggle with the concept.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Martin and Brian: Quite so. I should have referred to budget deficits rather than debts.
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There's still some around. Perhaps the next PM.David Robertson wrote:I regret the passing of Lord Sewell from public life. He looked like he knew how to inject some variety into things
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rview.html
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevekeen/2 ... alogies-3/Brian Towers wrote:I wholeheartedly agree.MartinCarpenter wrote:I wouldn't say that households act like that either mind The net amount of household debt in the country is definitely rather 'impressive'.
For my father's generation (less than 5 years to go to his telegram from the queen) what Angus says is right, but even for my generation (9years older than Angus) it is wrong.
People my age, Angus' age and younger grasped the concept from the 80's on that taking on large amounts of debt, even apparently unsustainable, was worthwhile if future income was expected to rise significantly along with rising inflation because the relative value of the debt would decline rapidly even if it stayed relatively stable in absolute terms.
The flip side of that, that when future income is likely to decline as is future inflation then debt should be reduced or eliminated, is rather more difficult to grasp. Even whole countries like Greece, or rather their governments, seem to struggle with the concept.
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And that's from a right wing site as well.....
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I've no idea what that means any more. I can't tell right from left, but I can tell right from wrong.Matt Mackenzie wrote:And that's from a right wing site as well.....
Perhaps it's not so new. Conventional wisdom is that Hitler was right wing, Lenin was left wing, but I've taken a good look at both and can't see much difference.
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This cannot be allowed to pass. A previous Greek kleptocracy conspired with Northern European governments and banks to borrow money on ruinous terms, then steal it for their own enrichment. The Greek people, who never saw a cent of it, cannot be expected to make this good.Brian Towers wrote:Even whole countries like Greece, or rather their governments, seem to struggle with the concept.
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What you need for that is Political Compass theory. Which would put Lenin as authoritarian left and Hitler as authoritarian centre-right, with both being authoritarian enough that it kind of swamps their economic positions.NickFaulks wrote:Perhaps it's not so new. Conventional wisdom is that Hitler was right wing, Lenin was left wing, but I've taken a good look at both and can't see much difference.