Red Ed

It's simple, they want to turn the UK into communist Russia in the 1960s.

Yes - quite right - that's what they want to do. Of course they do - all a bunch of commies really. Next they'll have unemployed women and youth sweeping the streets - oops - the other lot are doing that...
 
Yes - quite right - that's what they want to do. Of course they do - all a bunch of commies really. Next they'll have unemployed women and youth sweeping the streets - oops - the other lot are doing that...
Hmmm, not sure anyone has been talking about women sweeping the streets? And in soviet Russia they weren't called unemployed. They were called comrades.
Still, just so we don't get criticised, best pay everyone to stay at home.
 
Milibands dad according to the Daily Mail - The Man Who Hated Britain. Fair comment to 'expose' the background of 'Red Ed' or gutter tripe from a vile and pernicious newspaper...?
Neither. Most certainly unfair of the paper and contrary to some opinions on here, the Mail is not vile. This is not about Milliband's father. It's about the freedom of the press after Levison. It's about to be decided and this was the Mail's opening shot against a politician they don't agree with.
 
That'll be Georgie boy bringing forward his Help to Buy scheme then

So folks who haven't the spare cash to save for a deposit get a loan from the government - a loan do not forget. And so potential house buyers with currently no spare cash for a deposit buy a house using the government loan for the deposit - and will almost certainly have a mortgage at a very low interest rate pretty much up to their limit of affordability. And then in a few years time interest rates go up - and their payments increase. But they have little spare cash as salaries/wages will not have increased very much over the few years we are talking about. So things are tough. And then they have to start repaying the loan - and of course they can't. And the government has a nice load of bad debt on their books - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac anyone? Bizarre.

Or weren't you referring to that paricularly terrible coalition government policy - there are others!
These loans are for those who can afford the repayments, but can't get the loan. This is neccesary because 95% mortgages are not available anymore. It is a way of freeing up the market. The interest rate issue will be there whether we offer these loans or not and some house price inflation now offers a buffer against negative equity when house prices drop again when interest rates go up.
 
So it doesn't matter that we can't afford them, then?
I always wondered how on earth Labour managed to win 3 elections. Now I know.

Thatcher was known to say that there was no harm in borrowing - after all is buying a house not just massiver borrowing by the individual. Besides - would you rather the schools and hospitals had completely fallen to bits - as they were under the tories? God knows the state they would be in today if we hadn't spent the money over these 10 yrs.
 
Neither. Most certainly unfair of the paper and contrary to some opinions on here, the Mail is not vile. This is not about Milliband's father. It's about the freedom of the press after Levison. It's about to be decided and this was the Mail's opening shot against a politician they don't agree with.

The Mail IS vile - it hates everything about modern Britain - and just loves medical scare stories with which it can stick the boot into the NHS.
 
The Mail IS vile - it hates everything about modern Britain - and just loves medical scare stories with which it can stick the boot into the NHS.

The Mail isn't vile, nor are it's army of loyal readers. Paul Dacre however is a blight on modern journalism and should be removed from office ASAP.

Edit. I should point out that I'm not a reader of the Daily Mail...
 
These loans are for those who can afford the repayments, but can't get the loan. This is neccesary because 95% mortgages are not available anymore. It is a way of freeing up the market. The interest rate issue will be there whether we offer these loans or not and some house price inflation now offers a buffer against negative equity when house prices drop again when interest rates go up.

Its a waste of time reasoning with Socialists, they dont have answers, they can only attack the efforts of others that dont follow their doctrine. Listening to some of the comments on here you would think it has been easy to buy a house in the past, interest rates were extremely high when I took out my mortguages, the current rates have been unrealistic and have punished the thrifty.
 
Labours economic policy:
Sell gold at between $250-$296 for a short term gain and to fund even more excessive spending

9 years later regret the decision when gold is at $1,896.50

Missed out on profits of circa 9 billion. That could have built a couple of hospitals but probably wouldn't have got as many headlines.
 
The Mail isn't vile, nor are it's army of loyal readers. Paul Dacre however is a blight on modern journalism and should be removed from office ASAP.

Edit. I should point out that I'm not a reader of the Daily Mail...

Depends what you class as vile. In the proper context of the word then of course it is not vile. But it seems a very hateful, spiteful misogynist and indeed hypocritical piece of work that to me seems to oppose anything or anybody that does not conform to its view of the world. But like me really ;)
 
Depends what you class as vile. In the proper context of the word then of course it is not vile. But it seems a very hateful, spiteful misogynist and indeed hypocritical piece of work that to me seems to oppose anything or anybody that does not conform to its view of the world. But like me really ;)

Not too dissimilar to the Daily Mirror then with an equally one eyed view of society.
 
If I had a pound for every time a Tory politician said 'hard working families' in the last 6 months I would not need to worry about paying my heating bill.

I really object to that 'expression'.

I am retired and still pay a fair bit of tax whilst many 'hard working families in the 'burbs' are being paid a small fortune in housing benefit.
 
If I had a pound for every time a politician said 'hard working families' in the last 6 months I would not need to worry about paying my heating bill.

I really object to that 'expression'.

I am retired and still pay a fair bit of tax whilst many 'hard working families in the 'burbs' are being paid a small fortune in housing benefit.

Fixed that for you. Apparently all politicians seem to think this is the key to winning all our votes. Listen to Milliband and Balls' speeches at their Party Conference.
As with expenses scandal so with bland rhetoric; they are all at it.
 
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