Clearly the media cannot be so stupid as to think the silly Czech fiasco would put off any Corbyn fans (even if true) and must be aware those undecided will be so offended by the obvious attack they might decide to vote for him just through irritation at the tabloids, so is it a cunning plot to elect him?

Labour are the new MRLP.

JK2006 wrote:
so is it a cunning plot to elect him?

... elect him to what?

There is no general election for four years !

They will not win with Corbyn but if the get Chuka up their they will walk it.
Lots won't vote for JC because he is old labour and what comes with it.
Do not be blinded

'M' wrote:
They will not win with Corbyn but if the get Chuka up their they will walk it.
Lots won't vote for JC because he is old labour and what comes with it.
Do not be blinded

what? trains that run on time and are relatively cheap?

hedda wrote:
what? trains that run on time and are relatively cheap?

How will trains run on time (when his Union friends start getting control?)
Southern Rail?

Cheap? By the time we have employed stand-by deputy third-man ticket collectors?

NOTHING is "cheap" when the Loonies are involved ! -
we are STILL paying the interest on the debt they left behind last time

In The Know wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
so is it a cunning plot to elect him?

... elect him to what?

There is no general election for four years !

Maybe he will end up as Chancellor one day.

In The Know wrote:
hedda wrote:
what? trains that run on time and are relatively cheap?

How will trains run on time (when his Union friends start getting control?)
Southern Rail?

Cheap? By the time we have employed stand-by deputy third-man ticket collectors?

NOTHING is "cheap" when the Loonies are involved ! -
we are STILL paying the interest on the debt they left behind last time

Is that dispute going still?

But you have no idea how much that debt was?!

You actually haven't got a clue...

andrew wrote:
Maybe he will end up as Chancellor one day.

OMG ! Can you imagine the Loony in charge of the finances !

(Perhaps he'll get Dianne Abbott to help him do the sums ?? .... LOL !!!!)

Spee wrote:
you have no idea how much that debt was?


Can't even guess ITKÂż

I rather like Abbott too; I simply don't go along with the tabloid crusade despite remembering Wilson's Labour and paying 98p tax from every pound I earned. Financially I don't agree with Socialism but it and times have changed.

In The Know wrote:
andrew wrote:
Maybe he will end up as Chancellor one day.

OMG ! Can you imagine the Loony in charge of the finances !

(Perhaps he'll get Dianne Abbott to help him do the sums ?? .... LOL !!!!)

Has much we both get on each others tits, some times we found some common ground and it's nice when we do.

JK2006 wrote:
I don't agree with Socialism but it and times have changed.

Have they?

Corbyn's "friend" Chavez managed to drive the country with the world's biggest oil reserves bankrupt !!!

www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/ho...l-ruin-a7740616.html

Never paid 98% tax - but currently paying 60%.

And I'd probably vote for even a Scarecrow (who would have to be outstanding in his field!) to pay less.

For most - not all - take home pay/net income is the significant factor, and vote winner.

Taxation levels and bands should be more equitable - favouring those on the 7.10am train/bus...

JK2006 wrote:
despite remembering Wilson's Labour and paying 98p tax from every pound I earned.

Then Wilson devalued the £ making everyone in the Country worse-off overnight !

The (Loony) Labour government of Harold Wilson devalued sterling from £1 = $2.80 to £1 = $2.40 on 18 November 1967 ...

orca.cf.ac.uk/13695/1/912.full%20Newton.pdf

In The Know wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
I don't agree with Socialism but it and times have changed.

Have they?

In 1967, Britain suffered a balance of payments crisis, spending (importing) more than it was earning (exporting). That made it crucial to keep the pound strong. The hitch was that supporting the pound was fast becoming unaffordable. The Bank of England burned through £200m in gold and foreign currency reserves in just one day alone.

And so in November, sterling was devalued by 14.3% against the dollar.

It was a personal defeat for Prime Minister Harold Wilson. But on 19 November, he went on radio and television to reassure consumers that devaluation “does not mean, of course, that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse, or in your bank, has been devalued”. It didn’t take an economist, however, to tell you that that was nonsense.

“That broadcast will long be remembered for that sentence”, crowed Conservative MP and future prime minister Ted Heath in Parliament. “It will be remembered as the most dishonest statement ever made.”

Wilson had fibbed. The ‘pound in your pocket’ is, of course, the same pound that is used to import food and other things from abroad. Prices were going to have to rise.

all from - moneyweek.com/19-november-1967-harold-wi...-in-your-pocket-fib/

You are right about some things, JK ... memories do fade ... but the Loonies remain Loony !

So good at cut and pasting ITK - but still no idea what level of National Debt the last Labour government left?

Although you frequently allude to this sum that you are incapable of ascertaining or calculating - even though it's a matter of public record.

Can you not find a 'cut and paste' to tell you - instead of making unqualified/unverified statements akin to playing tennis with no balls...

JK2006 wrote:
I rather like Abbott too;

... with her ability at sums she might make a good Chancellor .... lol?

She might be able to convince the IMF bankers that as they left so much debt behind, that they (the IMF) actually owe US money ???

In The Know wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
I rather like Abbott too;

... with her ability at sums she might make a good Chancellor .... lol?

She might be able to convince the IMF bankers that as they left so much debt behind, that they (the IMF) actually owe US money ???


She will get a crash course by Gordon Brown.