tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post2324469960534082904..comments2023-07-09T11:04:50.150+01:00Comments on Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: By-election calledMike Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15453607421766177229noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-9502646506856144582010-06-10T22:01:21.075+01:002010-06-10T22:01:21.075+01:00Alan, the idea that economic advice is neutral is ...Alan, the idea that economic advice is neutral is absurd. Economists take sides - for the many or for the few. Myners is a former banker, unelected, and brought in to appease big business. So, no wonder he's backing Tory cuts - but they won't solve the deficit.<br /><br />There are plenty of economists - including those like Pettifor and Blanchflower that were quick to identify the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-40282905707169536402010-06-10T12:25:47.743+01:002010-06-10T12:25:47.743+01:00Alan Macnab writes....
Savings in Government spen...Alan Macnab writes....<br /><br />Savings in Government spending must be made in order to reduce the huge deficit which has built up through income being reduced and expenditure outstripping income and having to be financed by borrowing. The situation is very grave indeed. Lord Myners the City Minster in the last Government made this very point yesterday.<br /><br />I am sure the Government will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-9985548966723658202010-06-09T23:16:23.305+01:002010-06-09T23:16:23.305+01:00If you are neither ignorant nor affluent - why are...If you are neither ignorant nor affluent - why are you supporting the Tory cuts which are going to plunge us back into recession?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-27187636181974024462010-06-09T11:47:37.121+01:002010-06-09T11:47:37.121+01:00Alan Macnab writes.....
I think we should agree t...Alan Macnab writes.....<br /><br />I think we should agree to disagree James.<br /><br />I wasn't the least bit embarressed over my letter to the Northern Echo concerning the Council's borrowing liabilities. The statistics came from a Council report which was in the public domain. <br /><br />I am not ignorant or indeed affluent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-79585876937628042902010-06-08T22:55:52.577+01:002010-06-08T22:55:52.577+01:00The UK is pretty typical when you look around the ...The UK is pretty typical when you look around the world, Alan. Most of the large economies that make up the G20 are using deficit spending in 2010.<br /><br />What you say reminds me of the embarrassment you caused yourself with your DBC debt figures in a letter to the Echo a while back.<br /><br />If you have debts, you go out to work and try to pay them off - yes, you cut back on expenditure, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-33582145555464870062010-06-08T14:07:42.580+01:002010-06-08T14:07:42.580+01:00Alan Macnab writes....
James. It is a fact that ...Alan Macnab writes....<br /><br />James. It is a fact that the country is in debt to the tune of £640 Billion and the interest charges are £40 Billion. There is no money as Liam Byrne rightly said in a note to his successor.<br /> <br />Kenneth Clarke bequethed a healthy economy to Labour in 1997 after years of hard slog and here we are back to having a sick economy. A lousy legacy for future Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-82827275805829513452010-06-07T23:52:11.249+01:002010-06-07T23:52:11.249+01:00"the Lib Dems multi millionaires are in favou..."the Lib Dems multi millionaires are in favour of social justice, equality and an equal chance for everyone"<br /><br />Why are they backing Tory cuts then? Cuts to job creation schemes, to university places, to the active industrial policy adopted by Labour in its last year in office.<br /><br />You should read the Orange Book - many of the articles are written by current Lib Dem govt Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-44113016274396743512010-06-07T10:44:32.945+01:002010-06-07T10:44:32.945+01:00Alan Macnab writes......
Thanks James. The TDC c...Alan Macnab writes......<br /><br />Thanks James. The TDC cut through a lot of government red tape and got the regeneration work done quickly. Perhaps there is a lesson there for local government. <br /><br />I think you will find James that the Lib Dems multi millionaires are in favour of social justice, equality and an equal chance for everyone. The aims of the Liberal Democrats are on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-6733591990171446132010-06-06T23:30:07.918+01:002010-06-06T23:30:07.918+01:00Alan, a TVDC sounds like an interesting idea - I f...Alan, a TVDC sounds like an interesting idea - I find it troubling that you believe that unelected businesspeople should be determining the development of the sub-regional economy rather than elected representatives. It also presupposes that the current coalition will be spending at a level that the Tories did during the 80s and early 90s... and let's not forget that since that time, the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-21430169608194981702010-06-05T17:31:19.700+01:002010-06-05T17:31:19.700+01:00Alan Macnab writes....
James. I will try to answe...Alan Macnab writes....<br /><br />James. I will try to answer your questions as best I can.<br /><br />I am happy to have a stable Government which gets the country out of the economic mess we are in, reduces Government debt and manages the economy properly. <br /><br />If the present Coalition Government does so and the indications are it will then yes I fully support them and am happy. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-37971606342044277252010-06-04T23:13:17.585+01:002010-06-04T23:13:17.585+01:00Dear me, Alan. As I have said before, the multipli...Dear me, Alan. As I have said before, the multiplier effect of public spending has pulled the UK economy out of recession.<br /><br />However, private investment is not returning - and given the outlook for the UK economy, as retrenchment of public spending results in lower levels of consumption, there will not be a wave of jobs created to replace those cut in the public sector.<br /><br />In theAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-91546912326244692162010-06-04T14:01:05.914+01:002010-06-04T14:01:05.914+01:00Alan Macnab writes....
Dear me James. As I have s...Alan Macnab writes....<br /><br />Dear me James. As I have stated before no country cannot live beyond its means and spend money that doesn't exist which is what the last Government did and we are paying the price for their irresponsibility. <br /><br />Cuts have to be made because if the Government did not do so the IMF would come in and impose cuts which would be far deeper than the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-8785235629309231802010-06-04T01:35:25.941+01:002010-06-04T01:35:25.941+01:00The by-election takes place after the budget - so ...The by-election takes place after the budget - so I suspect that there will be some association with the Tory cuts and the sickening capitulation of the Liberals.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.com