| Does anyone still think…. 16:46 - Nov 17 with 6133 views | chicoazul |
…the Tory party are right wing?
Not good or bad or whatever in between; right wing specifically. |  |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 16:50 - Nov 17 with 3064 views | BlueBadger |
Does anybody still think that Chico is actually clever?
Not good or bad or whatever in between, but 'actually clever' specifically. |  |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 16:55 - Nov 17 with 3047 views | MalcolmMeatballHead |
They do a lot wrong that's for sure but I wouldn't say they are right wing. I think the left are so dominant in their views that unless you agree with everything they say then they see you as being a right wing racist bigot. Just my opinion |  | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:02 - Nov 17 with 3004 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
It’s not a left wing budget if that’s what you are suggesting? They are still ideologically shrinking the state. |  | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:05 - Nov 17 with 2994 views | chicoazul |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:02 - Nov 17 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
It’s not a left wing budget if that’s what you are suggesting? They are still ideologically shrinking the state. |
And yet, all that tax we are now paying. Not that raising taxes is inherently conservative or right wing if it’s spent on the sort of thing a proper conservative government would spend it on like grammar schools and defence.
Edit; can you provide examples of them ideologically shrinking the state? Do we have for eg fewer civil servants now? [Post edited 17 Nov 2022 17:06]
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:12 - Nov 17 with 2948 views | XYZ |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:05 - Nov 17 by chicoazul |
And yet, all that tax we are now paying. Not that raising taxes is inherently conservative or right wing if it’s spent on the sort of thing a proper conservative government would spend it on like grammar schools and defence.
Edit; can you provide examples of them ideologically shrinking the state? Do we have for eg fewer civil servants now? [Post edited 17 Nov 2022 17:06]
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Their main problem is that they are mostly incompetent. They've flecked the economy so badly they have no wriggle room.
You do remember that they're only raising taxes today because they crashed the country eight weeks ago?
Or are you pretending that it was a different lot that did that? | | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:13 - Nov 17 with 2935 views | BlueBadger |
| Does anyone still think…. on 16:55 - Nov 17 by MalcolmMeatballHead |
They do a lot wrong that's for sure but I wouldn't say they are right wing. I think the left are so dominant in their views that unless you agree with everything they say then they see you as being a right wing racist bigot. Just my opinion |
What is it you like best about the Tories? The open bigotry? The corruption? The crashing of the economy 3 times in the last decade? The criminality? The fact that you'll be Footersing the bill for all of the above? | |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:18 - Nov 17 with 2937 views | MattinLondon |
| Does anyone still think…. on 16:55 - Nov 17 by MalcolmMeatballHead |
They do a lot wrong that's for sure but I wouldn't say they are right wing. I think the left are so dominant in their views that unless you agree with everything they say then they see you as being a right wing racist bigot. Just my opinion |
You don’t think that they are right-wing? So the hatred of asylum seekers, the casual xenophobia, demonising of the poor are all in the middle of British politics? Not only are a lot of the Tory Parliamentary party right-wing, they are also incompetent and corrupt. |  | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:18 - Nov 17 with 2944 views | MalcolmMeatballHead |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:13 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
What is it you like best about the Tories? The open bigotry? The corruption? The crashing of the economy 3 times in the last decade? The criminality? The fact that you'll be Footersing the bill for all of the above? |
I don't recall saying I like the Tories. In fact the only time I referenced them was when I said they get a lot wrong | | | |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:20 - Nov 17 with 2931 views | DJR |
I think they are right wing given how much everything has moved to the right these last 40 years.
I'd probably regard Labour as right wing too, because it is difficult to think what they would have done differently today.
Both believe in neoliberalism including failed privatisation which today has added £5.8 billion to our energy bills with the OBR revealing the cost of the bail out of Bulb Energy.
As for me, I have not changed my beliefs since 1974 (when I didn't support the left in the Labour Party), but that probably makes me a Marxist these days. [Post edited 17 Nov 2022 17:24]
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:21 - Nov 17 with 2935 views | chicoazul |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:18 - Nov 17 by MattinLondon |
You don’t think that they are right-wing? So the hatred of asylum seekers, the casual xenophobia, demonising of the poor are all in the middle of British politics? Not only are a lot of the Tory Parliamentary party right-wing, they are also incompetent and corrupt. |
You’re not asking me so beg your pardon but racism and hatred of the poor are not exclusively right wing tenets. | |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:23 - Nov 17 with 2911 views | chicoazul |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:20 - Nov 17 by DJR |
I think they are right wing given how much everything has moved to the right these last 40 years.
I'd probably regard Labour as right wing too, because it is difficult to think what they would have done differently today.
Both believe in neoliberalism including failed privatisation which today has added £5.8 billion to our energy bills with the OBR revealing the cost of the bail out of Bulb Energy.
As for me, I have not changed my beliefs since 1974 (when I didn't support the left in the Labour Party), but that probably makes me a Marxist these days. [Post edited 17 Nov 2022 17:24]
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Privatisation is neoliberalism not right or left wing. It is often also seen as pragmatism by neoliberal idiots. | |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:24 - Nov 17 with 2906 views | mrshallisfit |
| Does anyone still think…. on 16:50 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
Does anybody still think that Chico is actually clever?
Not good or bad or whatever in between, but 'actually clever' specifically. |
If clever equates to thick as pigsh#t, than yes, definitely. | | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:26 - Nov 17 with 2877 views | DJR |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:23 - Nov 17 by chicoazul |
Privatisation is neoliberalism not right or left wing. It is often also seen as pragmatism by neoliberal idiots. |
Sorry, I did slightly change my post. I would regard neoliberalism as right wing. | | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:28 - Nov 17 with 2850 views | chicoazul |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:26 - Nov 17 by DJR |
Sorry, I did slightly change my post. I would regard neoliberalism as right wing. |
Oh I beg your pardon I hadn’t noticed you’d changed it.
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:30 - Nov 17 with 2813 views | BlueBadger |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:21 - Nov 17 by chicoazul |
You’re not asking me so beg your pardon but racism and hatred of the poor are not exclusively right wing tenets. |
If we ignore all the things that are massively associated with right wing politics that they do and stand for, they're actually further left than Labour. | |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:39 - Nov 17 with 2745 views | DJR |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:30 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
If we ignore all the things that are massively associated with right wing politics that they do and stand for, they're actually further left than Labour. |
While they are in some ways peas in a pod on many things, I struggle to find any area where they are to the left of Labour but maybe I'm missing something. | | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 with 2735 views | BlueBadger |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:39 - Nov 17 by DJR |
While they are in some ways peas in a pod on many things, I struggle to find any area where they are to the left of Labour but maybe I'm missing something. |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 with 2741 views | chicoazul |
This is a good post and I broadly agree but importantly, I think we need to focus on what they *do* in government rather than what some of their members may think. Certainly for many years now they have grown egalitarianism and taxation, shrunk the armed forces, and grown the size of public sector employment. | |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 17:47 - Nov 17 with 2699 views | DJR |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
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Thanks for nothing. | | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:57 - Nov 17 with 2637 views | DJR |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 by chicoazul |
This is a good post and I broadly agree but importantly, I think we need to focus on what they *do* in government rather than what some of their members may think. Certainly for many years now they have grown egalitarianism and taxation, shrunk the armed forces, and grown the size of public sector employment. |
But look at the state of public services, including pay. At a time of a growing and ageing poplulation, spending in the NHS has barely risen by more than 2% in real terms since 2010, when it rose about 8%, under Labour, and has never fallen below 4% since the War. Many departments have had substantial cuts since 2010.
But you'd never know what was going on, because no-one seems to care about the state of public services.
I might add that it's not like this in other European countries. [Post edited 17 Nov 2022 17:58]
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| Does anyone still think…. on 18:00 - Nov 17 with 2614 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:13 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
What is it you like best about the Tories? The open bigotry? The corruption? The crashing of the economy 3 times in the last decade? The criminality? The fact that you'll be Footersing the bill for all of the above? |
Maybe it's their policies supporting the tractor drivers of Bungay. |  |
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| Does anyone still think…. on 18:01 - Nov 17 with 2611 views | MattinLondon |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
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Whereas I enjoy reading what you post and you have very interesting insights into the NHS - can you time down the personal abuse? It’s not a good look and comes across as arrogant and condescending. | | | |
| Does anyone still think…. on 18:01 - Nov 17 with 2612 views | MalcolmMeatballHead |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 by BlueBadger |
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You make me laugh badger. You make out as if you're so tolerant and diverse but if someone has a different view to you then you become the nastiest b###ard on the forum.
You always create hostility in this place with your hatred and personal attacks on people who have different views to yours.
No doubt you will reply and say I'm Hitler, it's what you do.
Sorry guys but it needs saying and I'm sure people will have the same view as me | | | |
| [Redacted] on 18:04 - Nov 17 with 2594 views | victorywilhappen |
| Does anyone still think…. on 17:41 - Nov 17 by chicoazul |
This is a good post and I broadly agree but importantly, I think we need to focus on what they *do* in government rather than what some of their members may think. Certainly for many years now they have grown egalitarianism and taxation, shrunk the armed forces, and grown the size of public sector employment. |
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