Prime Minister Of Britain

[Peter Parka]

Who do you want? It's a tough one, aint it? Personally I think Cameron is the lesser of the evils, might vote for the Libs if they could actually get off the fucking fence!

 

[Tattva]

Cameron by all means
3 sucsessive labor goverments have done very little compared to thair claims. The gap between ritch and poor increased, they cancled student grants despite wanting to make education seem more appealing and joined in with an un-nececery war.
I lost what little respect i had for Brown after his miserable song and dance performance over the lisbon treaty.

 

[skyblue]

i hated her at the time but what britain needs now is another thatcher

 

[Carthage]

I wanted to comment on this because this is a claim that liberals use erroneously to appeal to the envy and emotion of the average working person.

The gap between rich and poor in terms of standard of living has NOT increased and in fact has gotten much closer over the past 30 years or so. The problem is that these people use a mathematical trick--let me illustrate.

Say a guy in 1970 is making 5,000 pounds and that's considered poor (don't know the actual poverty rate but let's use that as an example) and the rich guy is making 100,000 pounds. The "gap" is 95,000 pounds

Okay, now fast forward to 2008 and now the poor guy is making 20,000 pounds. The rich guy has to make 400,000 pounds to be in the exact same relative position as the poor guy in 1970. But the "gap" is now 380,000 pounds. Bottom line is that the "gap" between poor and rich is ALWAYS going to be increasing even when the poor are getting closer to the rich if you measure the "gap" as the mathematical absolute difference between the two.

OH...MY...GOD...
:eek

 

[gLing]

I wanted to comment on this because this is a claim that liberals use erroneously to appeal to the envy and emotion of the average working person.

The gap between rich and poor in terms of standard of living has NOT increased and in fact has gotten much closer over the past 30 years or so. The problem is that these people use a mathematical trick--let me illustrate.

Say a guy in 1970 is making 5,000 pounds and that's considered poor (don't know the actual poverty rate but let's use that as an example) and the rich guy is making 100,000 pounds. The "gap" is 95,000 pounds

Okay, now fast forward to 2008 and now the poor guy is making 20,000 pounds. The rich guy has to make 400,000 pounds to be in the exact same relative position as the poor guy in 1970. But the "gap" is now 380,000 pounds. Bottom line is that the "gap" between poor and rich is ALWAYS going to be increasing even when the poor are getting closer to the rich if you measure the "gap" as the mathematical absolute difference between the two.

But the price of goods is going up faster than wages.

 

[Zorak]

They're all fucking wankers.

I abstain.

 

[Strauss]

But the price of goods is going up faster than wages.

And that statement relates to the alleged increasing wage gap how?

BTW, it depends on what goods you are talking about and when.

 

[wednesday]

They're all fucking wankers.

I abstain.

:homo:

 

[skyblue]

work for a large company.....an annual 3% pay increase is usual across the board.....from directors to shop floor.......to me that equates to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer

 

[Peter Parka]

To be honest, under Labour, the gap between rich and poor hasn't increased, financially most people have been better off, it was what we needed to get out of a slump but something wasn't right which is why we are going to pay for it with the start of this recession we're heading into. Maggie Thatcher and the Conservatives under her was the worst in recent years of shitting all over the poor while the rich were getting richer. I and my family suffered greatly because of that bitch which is why I hope we never ever go back to her way of running the country!

 

[gLing]

And that statement relates to the alleged increasing wage gap how?

BTW, it depends on what goods you are talking about and when.

It's simple. If the cost of living is rising faster than wages then the poor just get poorer despite an increase in wage. They end up having less spending power.

 

[Peter Parka]

Erm, you do realise that this about BRITISH politics people? I don't see what the economic situation in the USA has to do with anything.

 

[gLing]

Sorry there Peter--I say bring back Thatcher!!!

Bring her back and retake Hong Kong

 

[Zorak]

Sorry there Peter--I say bring back Thatcher!!!

You would! horny fucker

 

[Alien Allen]

You can't be serious--her female status has nothing to do with it--I'd rather do Tony Blair than Margaret Thatcher!!! :24:

Rumor has it you did. :yuk

Twice :24:

 

[Alien Allen]

How'd that date with Poochee go? :24:

:yuk:yuk:yuk:yuk


How did Blair taste? :unsure:

Salty? :24:

 

[gLing]

But I thought Blair was a warmonger lol

 

[Alien Allen]

Blair's still better than Poochee!

Ok,,, I see,,, you were the receiver :unsure:

Guess we know what position in football you played.... Tight End :cool

Ouch, that had to hurt :24::24::24:

 

[Alien Allen]

But I thought Blair was a warmonger lol

Maybe it was WhoreMonger if he had his way with Mulder :unsure:

 

[Alien Allen]

gLing's gonna get angry if you keep insulting Mulder!!!

Peter is going to have our asses for hijacking his thread!!!

Blame it on Zorak

He started it