Lord Duckhunter

I follow loads of people I don't agree with . lefties are by far the worst for blocking me. I've been blocked by Owen Jones , Diane Abbott and that jack Monroe bird. Yet I didn't swear or insult them, with Abbott I just wrote that I preferred AJ to her on " This Week" . George Galloway is OK, but I'm working on it. I've seen a lot worse posted to Kippers & Tories, and even given Tories more clog and they've not blocked it. The only one is that weird Mensch women and she's pinko anyway. So my research is the more leftie the more thin skinned.

I made no comment as to whether it was right or wrong , just that the banking crisis was not labour " being too right wing " , which was the post I was responding to . It was a fact that profits were privatised and losses nationalised , hardly " being too right wing "

The BoE regulated the banks for years, Brown set up the new tripartite system and it failed. So it wasn't a question of more or less regulation, but proper regulation . Anyway what is more socialist than the state bailing out & nationalisation of failing business . Capitalism works when poor business models go bust and poorly run business fail. Isn't it any wonder that banks gambled other peoples money , when they knew full well they would be bailed out. Labour privatised profits and nationalised loses , how you can call that right wing is beyond me.

Who knighted Fred Goodwin Who was in charge of the country when the bankers " tanked the economy" . Bit rich blaming the opposition , what could they do?

Labour had more shadow cabinet ministers called Tristram than female leaders .

Mick Macarthy who is pretty stright talking , claimed that they should be in and around the play offs for the money they've spent on fees and wages . The press seem to be having a field day with this Little Bournemouth line , but the truth is somewhat different . Whilst traditionally a small league 1 or 2 side , this is not a Burnley or Blackpool situation . Yes other clubs have more parachute money , but with the level of investment they've had ( which Howe has made the most if) they should have been top 10 at least . For a top 10 spending club to finish second is not as great a performance as the media are making out . The surprise is down to their ignorance and lack of interest in lower league football , rather than Boscombe pulling off any shocks .

Sandbanks is in Poole not Bournemouth .

When are labour going to have a female leader ?

Right wingers hate poor people. That's why they want to turn them into rich people.

There weren't many of them . I've lived in Poole the past 20 years and know about 12 season ticket holders. There's only 1 bloke I remember only ever supporting Boscombe , the rest were Liverpool , Chelsea , west Ham & arsenal fans.

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A) Pompey paid their bills at first . B) "makes me laugh" is a polite way of saying that some of our fan base are deluded if they think this is some sort of fairy tale . I have a mate in the local press and he's amazed they passed the FFP and he's a supporter of the club . I have the misfortune of living near some of these Boscombe chumps and they're wannabe Skates .

For those of you saying well done to little Bournemouth and it's great , here are a few facts for you. They hate us and call us scummers They love Pompey & particular Twitchy It is not some sort of fairy story , they pay massive wages and have outspent most clubs in that league . They are following the Portsmouth model , with a rich Russian bankrolling a Poxy little club . It makes me laugh that people complain about The Skates and yet another side who do exactly the same thing are praised .

If Milliband is so concerned about post conflict planning , why did he vote against setting up the Iraq inquiry 4 times?

I hate to say it but I agree with Fry . Ideal situation for them is Tory Government and uk voting to leave EU because that's the only set of circumstances that would legitimise another referendum . Don't forget sturgeon was booed in Scottish debate when talking about another one . Therefore if labour get in , they ain't going to get a referendum . What they'll want to do is show the sweatys they are efficient , statesmen like and looking after their interests in Westminster . The quickest way to lose their new found labourites is to bring down a labour government . Don't forget they only got a similar number of votes as the Tories last election , it was only FPTP that ensured the panda " joke". Their new found bloc is soft at the moment , they are not going to jeopardise that support .

Smooth Goaty

FFS , what do you want , all commercial loans to go via Whitehall . I need protecting from drinking too much , can I blame the government for that . Perhaps you can get civil servant to tuck the nations children into bed

So in a culture of spending before earning , it's easy to persuade people that the country needs to spend less?

People have always made decisions in moments of weakness . You seem to be missing the point . The point he made was that they see themselves as victims , they take no responsibility for there weakness . His implication was that past generations would take the line , " oh ****, I've ****ed up " whereas now it's the lenders fault or even worse the government fault

Exactly . Of course personal debt is different than sovereign debt , but the point Portillio was making is that when debtors feel that they are victims . when their personal debt is blamed on others in the form of , government , pay day lenders , banks, shops , rather than personal responsibility ( and before lefties start jumping up and down I know there are some people who can't help it ) it is a difficult climate to try and promote government cutting back on spending .

Its not just Scotland , huge numbers across the whole of the UK seem to think debt doesn't matter. Did you see Portillio on " This Week" last night? He claimed that many many people drowning in personal debt believe they're victims, that its somebody else's fault they've overspent . He said trying to sell the message of debt reduction in the modern UK is a thankless task. I don't normally agree with that lovey , but he's right. There has been a shift in attitudes towards debt, both personal & national , between my fathers generation and mine.

What about Property Duty? What about Band 1 as we already have houses rated by bands? No, there no good . You have to have a name that screams "we're hitting the rich", so "Mansion tax" it is. Your point about Liverpool is a good one. If I owned a £1.9mil house in Liverpool area, I'm sure Id be wealthier than owning a £2.1 million one in London. So the common sense approach would be to band the top 2%/5%/10% (whatever you want) in every region. The problem with that is that if you're setting nationally paid taxes based on locality and cost of living, the natural extension of that is doing the same for benefits, public sector pay, and minimum wage. Lefties & Ed's union sponsors wont have that. Until Labour can explain the basics and it's pretty basic , when it kicks in, what the rate is, then "anyone with an ounce of intelligence" knows its purely grandstanding to wet lefties.

Ed was asked today " so you live in a mansion " , his reply ? " No, that's just what we call it " . Everything you need to know about this tax summed up in one line , " that's just what we call it" . Even the word "Mansion" is classic labour class warfare . Ed doesn't live in a mansion (it's just what we call it) but the word implies rich bar stewards that need their pips squeaking . This week the policy has been exposed for the nonsense that it is . Firstly , by Andrew Neil and secondly from Eds own mouth . Dog whistle politics at its finest . In some ways I do hope Ed gets in , because when he makes a complete and utter horlicks of it ( like Hollande in France ) it might shut a few lefties up.

A mansion tax will raise peanuts compared to the amount we spend & good luck with taxing second homes , a decent tax advisor will run rings round that one . With all due respect you are still skirting around the issue . This progressive tax regime of yours , will rates be set to maximise revenue or do you just want a "fair "% out of rich ******s ? You just seem to be throwing insults around about selfish people and rich people blah blah blah , but you can't seem to decide the goal of you tax system . It's a very simple question , do you think the top rate of tax should be set at the rate that brings in most revenue? If a top rate of 35% generated more revenue than 50% would you give millionaires this " tax break" or would you rather less money came in but you'll feel better about yourself , because you've stuck it to the toffs .

Ok , so you would rather the tax rate was higher , even if it brings in less revenue ? Rich ******s can afford it yeah? Why don't we make it 80% and punish them even more . Rooney could still live on the 20% of his wages we let him keep.