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p.s. = "there are no homosexual or heterosexual 'people' ... there are only homosexual and heterosexual acts" ---- Gore Vidal {now being regularly censored... for saying something that was in no way inappropriate. You are lost, flailing wild…
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I don't mind the reactions... I'm an adult. And I find much of the hysteria no more than the over-offended musings of the chattering classes... it is incivility blanketing a faux moral posturing. It is the essence of gentrification and the prime fau…
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@HolbornFox ...priceless. Generation Snowflake is sooo delicate. (except when they are rioting in Cali Unis... claiming peace and love) ...will the ironies never end?
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@maclondon considering the EU came to Armstrong seeking advice on the design of Euro...I'd hardly call him "alternative fact". His forecasting record has no peer. ...anyone seeking alternative facts need look no further than the mainstream medi…
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... cool man. £ is heading for historic lows and bond markets are turning. One of us will be right - one wrong. Its not the end of the world ... its the end of the EU - and Brexit didn't cause it... and its the end of your pension (which the governm…
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....if government tries to rectify these inefficiencies, they will merely create more admin and fail to address the problem IMO. If investment can produce such efficiency (without spawning debt) go McKinsey with it and sell it as a management tool. …
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Its the lack of insiders speaking up about graft, pork and inefficiencies, when they are within the organization, that I object to.
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....well, it comes out of the bottom line. Not the taxpayer. --
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@miss annie and Toby Harris and a few hundred others that could be mentioned. And do the council workers speak up? I've never heard it... except behind closed doors and in whispered cloisters. When the public rails against it... we get told …
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@trainspotter its the use of that watchword "offended" that is the tell. In the world of "hate speech" being a criminal offense. You'd champion freedom by not using it in such a cavalier manner. It is a moniker for something very very... "tak…
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in the world of the "safe space" everything causes outrage and offense. In these days of special snowflakes, the words "he brought me to tears" are supposed to silence everyone. Oh, how ripe we are for an oppressive order. It will be with us shortly…
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The Money goes to debt servicing - in an interest rate environment that's the lowest in 300 years. That's where it goes. When interest rates move up... the game is over. http://lada.debtresistance.uk/londons-councils-audit-debt-raising-tax-rates/…
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is the skin that thin? Really... the real world beckons... not the sanitized gentrified one you want. You may think my generalisations 'untrue' and 'unpleasant' ... to others they may be just the dose of harsh reality so many fastidiously want to ig…
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Let's reign in the "outrage" too, then... and let's get a sense of humour.
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.... so virtuous.. keep signaling (and I wasn't responding to you.)
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@TheMimsy If you want to feel offense that's your decision. (p.s. - you just DID engage with me... and the "i got here first" thing is about the maturity of a 6 year old. BTW - are you at work?)
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http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/policing-numbers/ "The backdrop to the current debate around police funding is clear: the police service in England and Wales has never been better resourced. The last decade has seen an unprecedented rise…
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@trainspotter ... public sector workers do not equal 'ordinary people' - you're conflating them to make it look like I dislike normal working people... quite the opposite. Government employees for the most, are not normal working people, they are t…
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@trainspotter Ok, to clarify - it may mean you. But I don;t know the specifics of your employment. And to be fair.... taking the general point I was making it and inverting to the 'me', (personal) is the obverse of what you claim I do. You 'rowe…
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@Ali Truthfully there is almost no 'solution' at this point but to crash and burn and await the chance to reset the economy. When it happens, the west will be faced with some pretty stark choices, and there's a decent chance that a totalitarian …
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Try a 3 year chart of Sterling https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/GBPUSD:CUR That is not Brexit. That is debt. But hang on to the short term look. Yep... Its ALL Brexit's fault. Everything that happens from now on is the fault of Brexit. Yep…
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@Ali ... reducto ad absurdum... the last refuge of those without cogent argument. Remember, because I think government is wasteful, inefficient and unproductive .... I am Hitler! now we have redact ad Hitlerum. ... keep running that debt c…
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we'll let the public at large speak on that. I haven;t heard a decent word about them from anyone in 25 years. ... even the politicians can't cover it. Dear Neighbour, Haringey Council has been rated the worst council in London and one of the …
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In the main it is true... not in every individual case... but in the main. I have had decades of dealing with Haringey Council and they are the biggest lay about do nothings I have ever witnessed. For instance (if you want a specific) a "certain" s…
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statistically, you are wrong. It is exactly the pensions paid out to government workers, in a rising longevity environment that is the problem. Its is the payout to the unproductive element of society. And that includes (especially) police and firem…
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@maclondon ...and I thought politicians were supposed to show leadership. Politicians NEVER say, you had better learn to look after yourselves. Because, guess what? Then you would't need them anymore. The dependency is inbred by the politicians …
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@HolbornFox ...touche...
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parts of the law are... but a lot of the corporate litigation is fluff... english law is weak on contract (compared to French) and promotes endless litigation. Human rights litigation is mostly fluff. Anyone want to guess what Gina Miller just ra…
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@HolbornFox ... I agree... once again, lawyers are not part of productivity in the economy. The constant litigation is a drain... and have you ever wondered why it is lawyers who make up most of the people in government? They are the parasites par …