The EU debate - Part III

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Your translation seems to have been done by a particularly bad translation app.
Hammond also said:
"First, the public finances should be returned to balance as early as possible in the next Parliament, and, in the interim, cyclically-adjusted borrowing should be below 2% by the end of this Parliament."

You've been conned by the mail you clueless oaf.

Here's the Govt debt over time figures;

1997 -£348 bn
1998 -£358 bn
1999 -£357 bn
2000 -£345 bn
2001 -£316 bn
2002 -£323 bn
2003 -£355 bn
2004 -£394 bn
2005 -£449 bn
2006 -£492 bn
2007 -£529 bn
2008 -£561 bn
2009 -£769 bn
2010 -£1004 bn
2011 -£1149 bn
2012 -£1242 bn
2013 -£1352 bn
2014 -£1459 bn
2015 -£1546 bn
2016 -£1590 bn

The Tories austerity has FAILED, our debt has risen by nearly £600BN since this shower came into office, and thanks to Brexit will now take another massive hike,
 
The Office for Budget Responsibility has a history of mistakes. Here are five forecasts it got wrong:

PREDICTION: An over-optimistic OBR predicted economic expansion of 5.7 per cent between 2010 and mid-2012

REALITY: The country managed only 0.9 per cent

PREDICTION: Switching to pessimism in March 2013, the OBR predicted growth that year of 0.6 per cent and 1.8 per cent in 2014

REALITY: The figures were 1.9 per cent in 2013 and 3.1 per cent in 2014

PREDICTION: Scottish nationalists based their rosy vision of an independent future on OBR oil revenue forecasts of £2.4billion in 2016-17

REALITY: Prices crashed and this was revised down to £600m

PREDICTION: In March 2013, the OBR said public borrowing would be £120bn in 2013-14, £108bn in 2014-15, and £95.5bn in 2015-16

REALITY: The figures were £104bn, £96bn and £76bn respectively

PREDICTION: In March 2014, the forecasters predicted inflation of 2 per cent in 2015 and in 2016

REALITY: Inflation was 0 per cent last year and now stands at 0.9 per cent
 
Do you really think there's going to be a different government in the next parliament? I certainly can't see Corbyn doing anything other than losing a lot of Commons seats.

Oh I don't know. Given the projections for the faltering economy due to Brexit, I think people might delight in disposing of the Govt who led us into this black hole.
 
Nice spin attempt, but too obvious. The short answer is that it depends, but is liable to points based.

So you seem to be saying that Le Penn's border policy and protectionism is no worse, and possibly less discriminatory than the EU's.
Which of her other policies did you use to form your earlier stated opinon?

I'm pretty sure I didn't say that at all.

Policy number two I disagree with- the death penalty.

Do you have enough knowledge on her yet to decide if you want her to win the election or will we be treated to another day of your hypocritical moaning?
 
Oh I don't know. Given the projections for the faltering economy due to Brexit, I think people might delight in disposing of the Govt who led us into this black hole.

The Tories probably won't lose but I don't think another coalition is out of the question.

If anything it's in the individual ministers' interests to lose if they can leave politics and make more money doing other things.
 
I'm pretty sure I didn't say that at all.

Policy number two I disagree with- the death penalty.

Do you have enough knowledge on her yet to decide if you want her to win the election or will we be treated to another day of your hypocritical moaning?

Not really, so far you seem unclear on the difference between her policies on protectionism and border comntrols and those of the EU.

As for the death penalty referendum that is in her policy. I think most would support a referendum, as it should end the debate. I'd accept the majority vedict.
 
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