https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/senior-tory-sought-libor-funds-for-charity-under-commission-scrutiny.html
Tldr: Hi-vis George may have effectively paid Jim Davidson charity money because all around knob-without-portfolio David Davis asked him to.
A CP to those who think itâs fun to say theyâve had a nap and will have wine and a cigar with lunch.
Jealous? Moi?
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Right, the Daily Mail can have one for trying to tie Jo Coxâs murder in with immigrants and not 100% the result of some deluded Nazi bigot. Have a squiz at this tweet:
Then have a read of this. UnbelievableâŚ
Vile cunts.
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Hang on a secondâŚthereâs one of them Johnny Foreigner names right there. Has the Daily Fail fucked-up somewhere? Somebody should tip off the immigration peopleâŚ
Anything with a Black Friday reference can disappear up a large flabby Merkian fundament. Stupid example: Black Friday reduced subscription to an accountancy website and news feed.
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After much prompting they finally realised that it totally stifled growth & didnât work so ushered it away (as a policy) quietly. Unfortunately a lot of the cuts already set in motion are now starting to bite.
But now borrowing to invest is the thing to do (stolen from elsewhere) & it seems the Conservatives can do as much of this as they like without fear of being labelled irresponsible by the media. Itâs very amusing that they still regard themselves as prudent & reliable stewards of the economy. Even without the cost of Brexit theyâre still bumping up borrowing by a further ÂŁ60 Bn. If theyâd borrowed to invest sooner theyâd have stimulated growth earlier & wouldnât now be needing to borrow so much.
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I think it was going OK, but leaving the EU has thrown everything up in the air.
Austerity was always a misnomer. When I think of austerity, I think of post-war Britain in the early 50s. That was real austerity. Thereâs no way you could implement that sort of austerity today. It would be political suicide.[quote=âmurrayjohnson, post:328, topic:85â]
If theyâd borrowed to invest sooner theyâd have stimulated growth earlier & wouldnât now be needing to borrow so much.
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Actually theyâd be piling debt on top of more debt, since most of these infrastructure projects which I assume youâre referring to have 15-20 year execution timescales and even longer payback.
Have to laugh when the fans have voted for non-league status, rather than Championship.
Then the Manager wakes up, and starts throwing money at the insoluble problem of long-term decline. 
Under these Tories borrowing as a % of GDP has gone up from 36% to 84%, and GDP has risen. This is the cost of quantative easing and the profligate waste of Cameron.
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Nope. Rather than stifling growth as Osborne did from 2010 onwards it wouldâve been better to get the projects going earlier. Deficit reduction as a priority was a wholly political decision. It wasnât a necessity. Itâs also too easy to blame all the problems on Brexit which, lest we forget, was entirely the result of Cameronâs fear of losing support to UKIP. The responsibility for it lies with the Conservative party putting their own self preservation ahead of what was best for the country. The last 6 years have seen some disastrous decisions and, as the IFS pointed out yesterday it isnât looking as though the next 4 will be any better.
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I suppose youâd have preferred someone of John Redwoodâs ilk at the helm, because it certainly wasnât going to be anyone from Labour.
This narrative about Brexit being a Conservative thing is pretty wide of the mark. Lest we forget that the overwhelming numbers that voted for it in Labour Heartlands without nary a whimper from JC and JM. Letâs at least agree on collective responsibility.
I think you may be confusing the electorate with the party
It hasnât just been Redwood. Weâve had far too many moronic Conservative politicians sniping incessantly at the EU for the past 30 years.
According to Yougov research after the event, 39% of Conservative voters voted to remain while 61% voted Leave. 65% of Labour voters voted to Remain while 35% voted Leave and 68% of Lib Dem voters voted to Remain while 32% voted Leave.
Iâd say that was pretty conclusive unless youâve actually got any evidence to support your assertion that it wasnât a Conservative thing.
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Sounds like plausible, reliable polling. FFS.
1 in 3 Lib Dem voters went, ânah, letâs leave.â Just like that. Of course.
And your more accurate analysis derives from what exactly?
Using my brain.
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FFS why is it cyclic wam threads get closed down in pico seconds but you lot insist on going round in circles with this fucking brexit wank.
The vote is done, it was wrong, get over it and fuck off.
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Mute the thread if you donât like it. The software is your friend.
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