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Encouraging gullible young people, who are more likely, due to lack of experience of life in the real world, to vote Labour?
As opposed to to encouraging the old and gullible people to vote for Brexit and Boris?
 
I saw that. It’s like he doesn’t want to reveal what his party wish to do in five years of government, other than one thing which he will get done in six weeks. What then? I was amazed the moderator didn’t pull him up on it.


I wonder why he didn't pull him up?


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So spending plans?
All agree austerity is over so its a choice between sensible Conservative spending and investment and the reckless over spending and debt of Labour?
The speed of Labour spend is certainly a big challenge. The scale not so though. They propose a state spend similar to many European countries, once their plans are in place.

Cons spend is certainly more modest. But if they don’t increase any taxes, how will it be afforded?

it’s also important to distinguish between capital spend (which is only spent once and for which borrowing is currently a great option) and revenue spend (which recurs every year and is not good for borrowing). The latter is something that has tripped Corbyn up.
 
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You think young people are “gullible”? Blimey, that’s rich.

The ones they are trying to attract, yes. As I said previously, part of me wants Corbyn to get in to hear the howls of anguish when reality, like it did in Venezuela, the country which Corbyn thought was a shining example to be like, sets in. Would happen quicker as we don’t have the largest oil reserves in the world like they have,
 
It’s very handy that you don’t need to be intelligent to put forward policies that support the poorest people.

Some of the kids at my school come to school without breakfast, because their parents can’t afford it. In 2019.

So by voting Tory, you’re casting a vote for the people who have allowed that to happen.

It’s not ****ing rocket science. Oust the bastards.
 
The speed of Labour spend is certainly a big challenge. The scale not so though. They propose a state spend similar to many European countries, once their plans are in place.

Cons seps. Is certainly more modest. But if they don’t increase any taxes, how will
It be afforded?

Anyone believing any extra tax will be only paid by the top 5% and corporations is in for a rude awakening if Labour get in.
 
It’s very handy that you don’t need to be intelligent to put forward policies that support the poorest people.

Some of the kids at my school come to school without breakfast, because their parents can’t afford it. In 2019.

So by voting Tory, you’re casting a vote for the people who have allowed that to happen.

It’s not ****ing rocket science. Oust the bastards.

Are their mobiles, satellite TV, broadband in their houses? Do their parents smoke or drink?
 
Hardly an earth shattering prophecy considering the previous incumbents had left the economy broken...

A global financial crisis had very little to do with the previous incumbents. It’s all documented, clearly & concisely. It actually had more to do with the current Chancellor & the job he had at the time.

Try not to let Fairy Tales get in the way of the truth.

We could get onto the story of Labour Governments racking up the National Debt whilst ignoring the £1 trillion (more than every Labour Government in History) the current incumbents have added to the Debt. Austerity (a choice that has killed 130k vulnerable people) was put in place to reduce the debt yet it’s more than doubled.

We maybe should be asking if public services have had to be decimated, the NHS raped to its knees, disabled people forced to work & die as a consequence, children starve & poverty soar where’s the money gone?

Obviously we’re meant to ignore that the Super Rich have tripled their wealth over the same period & banks in the Cayman Islands & Bahamas are thriving.
 
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