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The current government - bitching, and whinging Thread

Discussion in 'Current Affairs' started by cbk61639601, Sep 3, 2012.

  1. Lugna rambler

    Lugna rambler Registered User

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    don't forget Mali. you know the place with all the gold in Africa or what about the maya in Americas

    or India?


    or the Chinese? the song Dynasty.

    I'm sure that of course none of these fit the western criteria as acceptable answers.
     
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    Then you're an idiot, congratulations.
     
  3. RedDevilsShinja

    RedDevilsShinja ZERO SEATS!

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    The only country here who has an argument about being richer on a per capita basis in 1200/1300 is Italy, but I have doubts about the studies on their wealth due to significantly less evidence of labour saving technology employed vs northern Europe, as for the rest, nope not richer on a per capita basis than England was.

    The idea that we only got rich after the 16/1700s is clearly nonsense when we're the country that has the deepest evidence of advanced energy sources employed at scale compared to anywhere else in earth.

    From a gdp/cap perspective the Mongol empire was exceptionally poor, even for that time period, they just had a massively outsized military advantage due to their horses coupled with some of the greatest generals to ever live.
     
  4. StretfordEnd

    StretfordEnd Fools can be kings
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  5. TAFKAP

    TAFKAP Where's Adim?
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    Give it up Stret, I know you miss the 1200s as much as the next man.
     
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  6. Lugna rambler

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    I presume the word "here" means sort of near the UK so the Chinese Dynasty the Malian empire (who apparently were so dripping in gold they couldn't move) or the Indians don't count

    so ignore all that and let's have 2nd best behind Italy.
     
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    StretfordEnd Fools can be kings
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    Ah yes, the 13th century, a time before VAR . . . :bananadance
     
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    Arkwright Barnsleytilidie

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    I've heard 2 separate quotes attributed to bojo the clown prime minister during the Covid crisis.....One went something like "Covid is natures way of dealing with old people" and the other "whoever dies dies, they have had a good innings" I'm sure this will go a long way to comforting people who lost loved ones? Jail the bastard....and all his party going cronies. If Smarmer has an ounce of nous, he will may political hay of the stuff coming out from medical advisors?
     
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    Tory mindset in a nutshell.
     
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    Pagnell MISERABLE C**T

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    I genuinely f**king hate Tories and everything they stand for. And yes, that includes the c***s who vote for them. If he really did say that, he should be publicly shamed in every way possible.

    And talking of voting for them.....

    Screenshot_20231122_164051_DuckDuckGo.jpg

    I see the Tory c***s have one eye on the general election and are starting a bribery campaign only the monumentally stupid will fall for. Unfortunately, we have a lot of such people in this country.
     
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    According to one calculator page I went on following the statement, whose overly smug delivery meant I turned off within about two minutes of switching it on, Hunt's changes today will make me around £245 better off next year. Less than £5 more in my pocket a week. It wouldn't even buy me a decent pint in my friends' bar. They are finished and they know it.
     
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    Pagnell MISERABLE C**T

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    £860 a year better off between myself and the wife.

    It could be £20k and I still wouldn't vote for these cnuts.
     
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    Austerity warning for public services after tax cuts

    The average family to be £1,900 worse off over the life of this parliament.
    Tax cuts funded by real-time cuts in the public sector.
    I guess the idea is that the blame for reduced services will fall on local councils and other service providers rather than central government.
     
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    Suggestions of another £15 million being given to Rwanda to try to sort it out too. Something about good money after bad springs to mind.
     
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    by the time this is all declared dead in the water more home secretaries will have been sent to Rwanda than refugees. Still it will have distracted people from the fact that over the course of the Tories time in power the average house is £8500 poorer than in similar countries

    https://x.com/BloombergUK/status/1731617951726420003?s=20
     
  19. Lugna rambler

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    if 15million buys them votes to win an election then they will see it as really cheap propaganda.
     
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    So today it appears the Gullis the ape is wanting Farage put into the Lords and made Home Secretary - remarkable considering they are both brexiteers who told us that was to get rid of unelected bureaucrats - and now Oliver Dowden is telling us all to stock up on candles and torches and prepare for power cuts through winter.

    Add to this that Sellafield Nuclear power plant has a serious leak, and it makes for another great day on our particularly normal island :laugh:
     

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