Election Fever

[micknew]

We need controlled immigration surely?
Or should we embrace the invasion of benefit/NHS seekers which Camoron and Sillyband seem in favour of?

 

[UNG]

No debate needed they and the unions buggered things up big style. There was a bit of a recession going on though. The whole of Europe was in trouble. The unions were running the country and THEY brought down the labour governments. It has/had a lot more to do with world economics rather than much that labour or conservative did in the 70's as a whole.

Strange how back then and more recently Labour never bears any of the blame it is always down to world / global economics

I think I did say the unions were running things and did bugger things up. Nobody can really dispute that. BTW the Labour chancellor Denis Healy stated correctly that the UK needed to balance its books...he was booed off stage at the tuc...but he still went ahead and implemented fixed budgets for government departments...which was needed and is basically the model we use today.....the unions had got too powerful no doubt. They needed modernising and maybe a bit of regulating.....but imho we have went too far and most workers pay the price today for the destruction of the unions.

The unions may have been running the country but Labour was setting the extremely poor wage rises we got with their wage restraint

Scargill was the unions worst enemy he used the NUM members in an attempt to bring down a conservative government and failed

So endless strikes in car factories in the UK, was a world economic factor?
So endless Civil Servants strikes, ditto above
So endless garbage collection stikes, ditto above?

I could go on....

That would make it a very long post

There were no endless car factories strikes,
There were no endless Civil Servants strikes,
There were no endless garbage collection strikes,

Where are you getting your information from?

I'll dispute that.
Then as now it was the banks and the City running the country.

So are you saying there were no strikes not sure where you were then

 

[andyb]

ha ha ha.

SO open the doors and allow 20 million in then - and send them all to Scotland

Sorry Murdoch, read and re-read this thread, can't see one post that suggests this. Perhaps you could give us the post number.

So are you saying there were no strikes not sure where you were then

Again, read the post & then read the reply.

Endless strikes, Murdoch repeated 'endless'

If you think this is true, where were you?

 

[ferg]

The SNP used some economic growth figures during the referendum that were dependant on immigration.

As a Scotsman living in Scotland married to an English woman, all I can say is ....

... the sooner Hadrians wall gets rebuilt the better.

The biggest problem we have is the effing English moving here and nicking our jobs and wimmin.

Not only that but they buy up all the houses for holiday homes.

AND they bring their families over with them first chance they get.

They even have the cheek to claim benefits when they get over 65!!!

I've had enough of 'em send 'em all home.

 

[Silly Sausage]

T
As a Scotsman living in Scotland married to an English woman, all I can say is ....

I've had enough of 'em send 'em all home.

Is she really good looking?
If so, I'll pick her up at Berwick station next week.

 

[ferg]

Is she really good looking?
If so, I'll pick her up at Berwick station next week.

She is but she's fussy.

 

[Silly Sausage]

She is but she's fussy.

Tell her it'll be similar to Brief Encounters, but a meeting rather than a parting! :smilielol5:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Is she really good looking?
If so, I'll pick her up at Berwick station next week.

You'll pick her up at Berwick station??

You'd never find your way!!

Berwick is on our side of the Pennines ye knaa!

 

[ferg]

Tell her it'll be similar to Brief Encounters, but a meeting rather than a parting! :smilielol5:

I'm fairly sure she doesn't want to encounter your briefs.

 

[ferg]

You'll pick her up at Berwick station??

You'd never find your way!!

Berwick is on our side of the Pennines ye knaa!

Archie is quite bright for a Manc.

I reckon he might be able to use a map with a bit of help from a real northener.