The next prime minister
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Re: The next prime minister
Totally different. The gulf between the two is vast, etc.Monty wrote:
I'm not anti-money far from it, don't conflate socialism with communism. Two very different things, comrade
The concept of "shared wealth" is something they both have in common though, isn't it???
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No not shared wealth it's about public ownership and meeting the public needs, not just profits for a few. We don't want an all powerful government bureaucracy (Comunisium), but we don't want big corporate bureaucracies controlliong society either.D41 wrote:Totally different. The gulf between the two is vast, etc.Monty wrote:
I'm not anti-money far from it, don't conflate socialism with communism. Two very different things, comrade
The concept of "shared wealth" is something they both have in common though, isn't it???
It's the belief that social and economic decisions should be made by those who they most affect. And I'm not talking about Starbucks, Google, Apple etc, I mean water, energy, transport etc etc.
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Re: The next prime minister
What was it Voltaire said?D41 wrote:Well then as is so often the case, we shall agree to differ.
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Re: The next prime minister
Monty wrote:What was it Voltaire said?D41 wrote:Well then as is so often the case, we shall agree to differ.
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Re: The next prime minister
Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all ?
anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices ?
Almost everything is imitation ?
anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices ?
Almost everything is imitation ?
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Re: The next prime minister
I'm impressed.
I don't know any Voltaire quotes. Whichever one Monty gave me, I was just going to write "Yep! That's the one!!"
Sneaky b@stard.
I don't know any Voltaire quotes. Whichever one Monty gave me, I was just going to write "Yep! That's the one!!"
Sneaky b@stard.
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Re: The next prime minister
That's not the one, but I'll go with yep, that's the one!
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Re: The next prime minister
I'm worried about Johnson getting in. His hard line "we must quit by 31st October" will appeal to the tory membership, most of which are old and think Brexit is going to give us back the Empire
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If he does get to the members vote he will win. I just hope some of the moderates like Ken Clarke can stop him getting there.
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Re: The next prime minister
Blade wrote:He's the bookies favourite by a country mile.
Both May and Corbyn were near the bottom of the pile for their respective party leadership elections when it came to the bookies. Corbyn was 500-1 when he announced his intention.
I'm not saying Boris isn't the favourite, but I am saying ignore the bookies
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I missed those odd by one fecking day! Still had 20 quid on him at 20-1 though.Kwacky wrote:Corbyn was 500-1 when he announced his intention.
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Re: The next prime minister
What??
You guys gamble on who's going to get elected?? That's hilarious.
You guys gamble on who's going to get elected?? That's hilarious.
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Monty wrote:I missed those odd by one fecking day! Still had 20 quid on him at 20-1 though.Kwacky wrote:Corbyn was 500-1 when he announced his intention.
I don't bet. Which is a shame as a mate of mine is very good at political betting. She had £100 on Corbyn. She also put the same amount on Trump to be next president when Obama won his second term. She got 125-1 for that. Her success rate for elections is around 70%. The bugger even got the Brexit result and win margin correct.
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I don't normally bet either, it was wishful thinking (plus insider knowledge)Kwacky wrote:Monty wrote:I missed those odd by one fecking day! Still had 20 quid on him at 20-1 though.Kwacky wrote:Corbyn was 500-1 when he announced his intention.
I don't bet. Which is a shame as a mate of mine is very good at political betting. She had £100 on Corbyn. She also put the same amount on Trump to be next president when Obama won his second term. She got 125-1 for that. Her success rate for elections is around 70%. The bugger even got the Brexit result and win margin correct.
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