London Mayor election 2012

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Peter_

I would not have voted for either of them if I lived in London as both are clowns but in different ways.

If you lived in London you probably wouldn't have that massive forest on your shoulder and may see the world through a slightly less tinted viewpoint.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

If you lived in London you probably wouldn't have that massive forest on your shoulder and may see the world through a slightly less tinted viewpoint.

The difference up here is that we are much more friendly and will talk to other people and do not feel affronted as most people in London would do if they were spoken to by a stranger.

We have a different mentality as oddly it is you guys that tend to carry rain forests around on both shoulders and have the need to feel so insular and unsure of the other persons intentions.

Plus we will call a spade a spade and that goes for both Boris and his fellow clown Ken, no matter how well educated they may be the is no getting away from the fact that both are idiots.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Peter_

The difference up here is that we are much more friendly and will talk to other people and do not feel affronted as most people in London would do if they were spoken to by a stranger.

Erm, thats a bit of a generalisation

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Erm, thats a bit of a generalisation

Not really.

Originally Posted by Peter_

The difference up here is that we are much more friendly and will talk to other people and do not feel affronted as most people in London would do if they were spoken to by a stranger.

We have a different mentality as oddly it is you guys that tend to carry rain forests around on both shoulders and have the need to feel so insular and unsure of the other persons intentions.

Plus we will call a spade a spade and that goes for both Boris and his fellow clown Ken, no matter how well educated they may be the is no getting away from the fact that both are idiots.

Having worked and lived in many parts of the Britain i can definitely say that every area says exactly the same and invariably they are all only half right .Liverpool is no more friendly than any other part of the country ,they are no more down to earth than anyone else ,in short Liverpudlians are nothing special when compared to rest of the country

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by martyh

Having worked and lived in many parts of the Britain i can definitely say that every area says exactly the same and invariably they are all only half right .Liverpool is no more friendly than any other part of the country ,they are no more down to earth than anyone else ,in short Liverpudlians are nothing special when compared to rest of the country

I never specified a city up here.

Originally Posted by Peter_

I never specified a city up here.

I assumed you where talking about your home town ,but even so the same applies to all northeners who think they are more down to earth or more friendly than those southern toffs

[tweetiepooh]

Congrats Boris.
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The Labour (spend) and Conservative (save) is all too true and possibly while the cycle was 4-5 years things didn't get too out of hand. But with long periods of spend the debt is now so massive we will need a much more extended period of save to recover and then people will get so tired of it they will elect spenders for long periods.

Also the economic cycle is somewhat behind the political so we are still in Labour economics and by the time election arrives and Tories economics start to impact likely get a Labour government who then claim immediate success of their policies.

Originally Posted by Peter_

I never specified a city up here.

Peter, you come from Tory-hating Liverpool and you live in the Tory-loathing, one-party commune of Knowsley, whose council is now slightly famous for consisting entirely of members of the Labour party. Your bias is well known and therefore easy to take into account when reading your posts.

[RB2004]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Indeed it means Ken will not be able to carry out his Labour inspired program

Load Labour Program

Type Run

A. Spend spend spend and when the money has gone sell the gold and raid the pensions and then spend spend spend some more,

B. Repeat this until the country is in the crapper.

C. Lose election and leave crap to be fixed by someone else.

D. Print Note "we spent all the money"

E. Blame the other guys repeatedly

F. Get yourself re elected when its all fixed.

G. Goto A

lol, quite true.

in FACT most people arent even aware what labour did when they left downing street.. its been swept under the carpet.

But they left a note saying,

"Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...note-successor

Which to be honest just wasnt even funny, or something to joke about.

So he clearly acknowledges spending all of the money this country had/has.. and yet, they have the audacity to sit there in parliament saying the torries are the cause of the recession and its their own making.

yet the recession started under labour, it was around the time people started to get fed up with them and voted them out in favour of the present government.. and ever since they have been making spending cuts to keep the country afloat with a struggle and I think its a miracle that we havent had our credit rating decreased yet considering labour dramatically increased the public deficit, and something like £1 in every £5 spent was borrowed money.

Even America and france have had their credit ratings reduced.. but despite the above, we have managed to cling onto ours for the moment, yes we have dipped back into recession but we was barely out of it.

Originally Posted by RB2004

But they left a note saying,

"Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...note-successor

Which to be honest just wasnt even funny, or something to joke about.

Not especially funny but it was clearly intended as a joke. They forgot people have a ability to have a humor bypass when it suits them too.

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yet the recession started under labour, it was around the time people started to get fed up with them and voted them out in favour of the present government.. and ever since they have been making spending cuts to keep the country afloat with a struggle and I think its a miracle that we havent had our credit rating decreased yet considering labour dramatically increased the public deficit, and something like £1 in every £5 spent was borrowed money.

Global recession. Caused by issues that were global. Labour were at fault for not saving money so that we could spend ourselves out of recession without seriously impacting upon the debt. There shouldn't have been a deficit during a boom. Equally we can only expect a deficit during a recession.

[RB2004]

Originally Posted by Damien

Not especially funny but it was clearly intended as a joke. They forgot people have a ability to have a humor bypass when it suits them too.

yep it was intended as a joke, just considering the problems with the economy its something not to be joked about

Originally Posted by RB2004

yep it was intended as a joke, just considering the problems with the economy its something not to be joked about

Why? It's not as if it impacts upon it's recovery. Why can't we joke about it?

[Osem]

I doubt many people would have seen it as much of a joke had a so called 'Tory toff' written that note. What 'we' joke about now, after the event, is one thing. What Liam Byrne thought appropriate to 'joke' about on leaving office is quite another and quite unacceptable given all the misery their overspending and ineptitude would lead to. A sincere appology would've been more approrpiate frankly! I don't suppose that worried him too much though as all he was interested in was making life as hard as possible for those who'd have to take the tough decisions made inevitable by his government's profligacy. Ha ha ha Liam! Great joke mate!

Originally Posted by Osem

I doubt many people would have seen it as much of a joke had a so called 'Tory toff' written that note.

And they would have been just as wrong. Equally you can say that had a Tory had that joke then some people will have been defending it as a 'joke'.

What Liam Byrne thought appropriate to 'joke' about on leaving office is quite another and quite unacceptable given all the misery their overspending and ineptitude would lead to. I don't suppose that worried him too much though as all he was interested in was making life as hard as possible for those who'd have to take the tough decisions made inevitable by his government's profligacy. Ha ha ha Liam! Great joke mate!

People are flippant and joke all the time about serious matters. I have heard jokes at funerals of all places, we have jokes about death, war and disasters. It's just a human trait. People need to grow a thicker skin. Of all the matters to get upset about, really.