Soy Adrián
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But nothing in your theory adds up. Even someone who thought Blair was a neoliberal stooge who didn't care about most people (and believe me, I know a few) would find it difficult to pin him as a genocidal maniac. Your other examples were exactly that, maniacs who were hell bent on adhering to some great philosophy on life. What was Blair trying to achieve? People don't just kill for no reason, and politicians sanctioning attacks in a foreign country certainly don't.
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In the literal sense of the word you are right, there was no racial or Hitler style master race element to it
But in many ways this is even worse, Hitler had a vision, an extremely f***ed up one but still a vision that drove him to do what he did
Milosevic and Karadzic were nationalists who again did what they did out of a twisted vision
Blair and Bush just massacred 26,000 Iraqis for kicks as if they were playing a video game, no vision or motive or warped logic, just plain old killing spree, there was no strategic or military importance into carpet bombing residential areas of Baghdad
This is also mental. Are you suggesting they did it because they were bored?
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I can't really comment on the Darling Plan until I have read it, i will get up to speed on it next week when i am in the UK again and update this thread with my thoughts
That's the last we'll hear of that then.
I don't see why retirement age shouldn't rise with life expectancy. Obviously there are statistical problems with the two so I wouldn't want to tie the former to the latter with no leeway but it has to be related.
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Welfare and NHS account for well over 1/3 of government spending, labour have repeatedly condemned efforts to rein in the welfare budget and also NHS reforms
I have not read the Darling Plan but at best it would have been tinkering at the edges while throwing vast sums into welfare and NHS
"Welfare" meaning pensions, mostly. Good luck with that one.
And cutting the deficit in half over five years is hardly tinkering at the edges.
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Then the majority of new arrivals must have found jobs then because bar a couple of months the number unemployed has dropped almost month on month
Unemployment is still too high but if labour were in charge I have no doubt it would go up not down
Because history suggests unemployment is always high when Lab... oh wait.
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The important thing for the nation right now, is the re election of a majority tory government in 2015, the alternative is too terrifying to imagine
Labour will just spend spend spend borrow borrow borrow and within 3 years we will be another Greece
I would rather the current government takes the risk on creating a mini boom if it ensures a majority in 2015, the future of the nation is at stake, so while there are risks involved in 95% loans it is a risk worth taking, home owners voted overwhelmingly tory in 2010 so more and more homeowners equals more and more votes for us.
If it all goes pear shaped the damage will be a lot less than the damage caused by labour turning a blind eye to the banks for years and selling off our gold for a fraction of its worth
House price boom, more and more new buyers who most likely will vote tory, plus hopefully pre election tax cuts should see us win comfortably in 2015, we are only 1% behind now according to You Gov
So you admit that the crisis was caused by "turning a blind eye to the banks" but think that the party that back more deregulation has the means to solve it. Right.
I would say it's like talking economics with an 11 year old but I'd insulting the children.
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Let's do it
06 - 3 DOORS DOWN - KRYPTONITE
08 - 30 SECONDS TO MARS - BEAUTIFUL LIE
08 - 30 SECONDS TO MARS - CLOSER TO THE EDGE
08 - 30 SECONDS TO MARS - FROM YESTERDAY
15 - 30 SECONDS TO MARS - KINGS AND QUEENS
10 - 30 SECONDS TO MARS - THE KILL
04 - A PERFECT CIRCLE - JUDITH
10 - AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK
09 - AC/DC - HIGHWAY TO HELL
08 - AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK
07 - AC/DC - TNT
08 - AC/DC - YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
?? - ACEST - FAISEURS DE MONDES
?? - ADEBISI SHANK - GENKI SHANK
?? - ADEMA - THE WAY YOU LIKE IT
09 - AEROSMITH - WALK THIS WAY
10 - AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT - SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT
06 - ALANNAH MYLES - BLACK VELVET
04 - ALESTORM - - CAPTAIN MORGAN'S REVENGE
10 - ALICE COOPER - SCHOOL'S OUT
10 - ALKALINE TRIO - PRIVATE EYE
06 - ALTER BRIDGE - BROKEN WINGS
07 - ALTER BRIDGE - OPEN YOUR EYES
06 - ALTER BRIDGE - RISE TODAY
?? - AMARANTHE - AMARANTHINE
10 - ANDREW WK - PARTY HARD
10 - ARCTIC MONKEYS - WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
09 - ASH - BURN BABY BURN
09 - AT THE DRIVE-IN - ONE ARMED SCISSOR
07 - BIFFY CLYRO - BUBBLES
10 - BIFFY CLYRO - LIVING IS A PROBLEM
10 - BLACK SABBATH - IRON MAN
10 - BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID
10 - BLACkLISTED ME - REPROBATE ROMANCE
06 - BLAKFISH - YOUR HAIRS STRAIGHT BUT YOUR BOYFRIEND AIN'T
09 - BLINK 182 - ALL THE SMALL THINGS
09 - BLINK 182 - I MISS YOU
15 - BLUE OYSTER CULT - DON'T FEAR THE REAPER
04 - BON JOVI - ALWAYS
04 - BON JOVI - HOLD THE LINE
10 - BON JOVI - LIVING ON A PRAYER
09 - BON JOVI - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
?? - BOREDOMS - SUPER GOING
15 - BOSTON - MORE THAN A FEELING
06 - BREAKING BENJAMIN - BREATH
10 - BRING ME THE HORIZON - SHADOW MOSES
?? - BRONTIDE - MATADOR
10 - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - BORN TO RUN
15 - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - THUNDER ROAD
10 - BRYAN ADAMS - SUMMER OF '69
06 - BUCK CHERRY - EVERYTHING
06 - BUCK CHERRY - NEXT 2 YOU
04 - BUCKCHERRY - CRAZY BITCH
10 - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - TEARS DON'T FALL
10 - CHEAP TRICK - SURRENDER
10 - CHrIS CORNELL - YOU KNOW MY NAME
?? - CONVERGE - DARK HORSE
?? - DANANANANAYKROYD - MAKE A FIST
?? - DANANANANAYKROYD -PNK SABBATH
03 - DAUGHTRY - IT'S NOT OVER
04 - DEAD KENNEDYS - HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA
10 - DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER
04 - DEF LEPPARD - ANIMAL
07 - DEFTONES - BACK TO SCHOOL
06 - DEFTONES - CHANGE
06 - DEFTONES - MY OWN SUMMER
?? - DILINGER ESCAPER PLAN - PARASITIC TWINS
10 - DISTURBED - DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS
06 - DREAM THEATER - PULL ME UNDER
08 - LED ZEPPELIN - KASHMIR
10 - ELECTRIC SIX - DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
06 - ENTER SHIKARI - SORRY, YOU'RE NOT A WINNER
04 - ENTER SHIKARI - WHEN A JEALOUS MAN FINDS A GUN
10 - EVANESCENCE - BRING ME TO LIFE
10 - EVANESCENCE - CALL ME WHEN YO'RE SOBER
09 - EVANESCENCE - EVERYBODY'S FOOL
08 - EVANESCENCE - LITHIUM
10 - EVANESCENCE -MY IMMORTAL
10 - FAITH NO MORE - EPIC
10 - FALL OUT BOY - DANCE DANCE
10 - FALL OUT BOY - SUGAR WE'RE GOING DOWN
08 - FALL OUT BOY - THNKS FR TH MMRS
08 - FEEDER - BUCK ROGERS
09 - FEEDER - JUST A DAY
?? - FUEL - HEMMORHAGE IN MY HANDS
?? - FINCH - LETTERS TO YOU
?? - FINGER ELEVEN - PARALYZER
04 - FOCUS - HOCUS POCUS
09 - FOO FIGHTERS - AL MY LIFE
09 - FOO FIGHTERS - ARLANDRIA
10 - FOO FIGHTERS - BEST OF YOU
08 - FOO FIGHTERS - LONG ROAD TO RUIN
09 - FOO FIGHTERS - MONKEY WRENCH
?? - FOO FIGHTERS - ONE BY ONE
10 - FOO FIGHTERS - PRETENDER
08 - FOO FIGHTERS - WALK
09 - FREE - ALL RIGHT NOW
?? - FUEL - BAD DAY
?? - GALLOPS - G IS FOR JALIE
?? - GAUNTLET HAIR - OUT, DON'T
?? - GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! - IT'S EASY-EEEE TO BE FULL OF SHIT AND LOOK GOOD IN BLACK
04 - GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR - THE DEAD FLAG BLUES
10 - GREEN DAY - HOLIDAY
10 - GREEN DAY - 21 GUNS
10 - GREEN DAY - AMERICAN IDIOT
10 - GREEN DAY - BASKET CASE
15 - GREEN DAY - BOULEVARD
15 - GREEN DAY - GOOD RIDDANCE
09 - GREEN DAY - WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
?? - GUANO APES - PRETTY IN SCARLET
08 - GUNS N ROSES - NOVEMBER RAIN
10 - GUNS N ROSES - PARADISE CITY
10 - GUNS N ROSES - SWEET CHILD O MINE
09 - GUNS N ROSES - WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
?? - HALESTORM - I MISS THE MISERY
10 - HALESTORM – LOVE BITES (SO DO I)
06 - HEART - BARRACUDA
06 - HEART - CRAZY ON YOU
?? - HELL IS FOR HEROES - NIGHT VISION
10 - HOLE - CELEBRITY SKIN
08 - HOLE - DOLL PARTS
07 - HOLE - MALIBU
04 - HOOBASTANK - CRAWLING IN THE DARK
?? - ILL NINO - WHAT COMES AROUND
15 - INCUBUS - DRIVE
06 - IRON MAIDEN - NUMBER OF THE BEAST
07 - JANE'S ADDICTION - BEEN CAUGHT STEALING
09 - JAPANDROIDS - THE HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT
07 - JEFF BUCKLEY - SO REAL
09 - JET - ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL
06 - JET - COLD HARD BITCH
07 - JET - LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE
10 - JIMMY EAT WORLD - THE MIDDLE
09 - KASABIAN - UNDERDOG
?? - KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND - BLUE ON BLACK
?? - KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES - EASY TIGER
?? - KILLING JOKE - EIGHTIES
09 - KINGS OF LEON – MOLLY’S CHAMBERS
15 - KINGS OF LEON - ON CALL
04 - KISS - CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS
10 - KORN - FREAK ON A LEASH
07 - KORN - GOT THE LIFE
06 - KORN - THOUGHTLESS
07 - KORN - WORD UP
?? - KORPLIKANI - VODKA
07 - L7 - PRETEND WE'RE DEAD
08 - LED ZEPPELIN - BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU
10 - LED ZEPPELIN - ROCK N ROLL
15 - LED ZEPPELIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
10 - LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
09 - LENNY KRAVITZ - ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY
08 - LENNY KRAVITZ - FLY
07 - LIMP BIZKIT - EAT YOU ALIVE
10 - LINKIN PARK - BLEED IT OUT
09 - LINKIN PARK - BREAKING THE HABIT
08 - LINKIN PARK - CRAWLING
10 - LINKIN PARK IN THE END
10 - LINKIN PARK - NUMB
10 - LINKIN PARK - ONE STEP CLOSER
15 - LINKIN PARK - WHAT I'VE DONE
09 - LINKIN PARK - PTS OF ATHRTY
10 - LYNYRD SKYNYRD - SWEET HOME ALABAMA
08 - MARILYN MANSON - HEART SHAPED GLASSES
?? - MANDO DIAO - DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
06 - MANIC STREET PREACHERS - FASTER
07 - MANIC STREET PREACHERS - MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS
09 - MANICS STREET PREACHERS - A DESIGN FOR LIFE
10 - MARILYN MANSON - THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
08 - MARILYN MANSON - TOURNIQUET
07 - MARS VOLTA - INERTIATIC ESP
?? - MAZZY STAR - FADE INTO YOU
?? - MC5 - KICK OUT THE JAMS
10 - MEAT LOAF - BAT OUT OF HELL
10 - METALLICA - ENTER SANDMAN
08 - METALLICA - NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
06 - METALLICA - ST ANGER
?? - MOGWAI - GEORGE SQUARE THATCHER DEATH PARTY
10 - MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES
10 - MUSE - FEELIN GOOD
10 - MUSE - HYSTERIA
15 - MUSE - KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA
10 - MUSE - PLUG IN BABY
10 - MUSE - STARLIGHT
10 - MUSE - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
10 - MUSE - TIME IS RUNNING OUT
08 - MUSE - UPRISING
10 - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - I'M NOT OKAY
15 - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE
15 - NEIL YOUNG - ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
06 - NIGHTWISH - AMARANTH
07 - NIGHTWISH - I IWSH I HAD AN ANGEL
06 - NIGHTWISH - NEMO
07 - NIGHTWISH - SLEEPWALKER
10 - NINE INCH NAILS - HURT
07 - NINE INCH NAILS - HAPPINESS IN SLAVERY
08 - NINE INCH NAILS - HEAD LIKE A HOLE
08 - NINE INCH NAILS - MARCH OF THE PIGS
09 - NIRVANA - COME AS YOU ARE
08 - NIRVANA - RAPE ME
10 - NIRVANA - SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
15 - NIRVANA - YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT
09 - GOOD CHARLOTTE - GIRLS AND BOYS
04 - P.O.D. - ALIVE
06 - P.O.D. - YOUTH OF THE NATION
06 - PANTERA - WALK
06 - PAPA ROACH - BETWEEN ANGELS AND INSECTS
10 - PAPA ROACH - LAST RESORT
10 - PARAMORE - AIN'T IT FUN
10 - PARAMORE - ALL I WANTED
09 - PARAMORE - ALL WE KNOW
10 - PARAMORE - CRUSHCRUSHCRUSH
15 - PARAMORE - MISERY BUSINESS
09 - PARAMORE - WHEN IT RAINS
10 - PAT BENATAR - HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
10 - PATTI SMITH - BECAUSE THE NIGHT
07 - PEARL JAM - BLACK
07 - PEARL JAM - GO
08 - PEARL JAM - JEREMY
08 - PINK FLOYD - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
09 - PINK FLOYD - COMFORTABLY NUMB
09 - PINK FLOYD - MONEY
09 - PIXIES - DEBASER
07 - PIXIES - PLANET OF SOUND
09 - PLACEBO - PURE MORNING
07 - PLACEBO - THE BITTER END
09 - PRETTY RECKLESS - MAKE ME WANNA DIE
06 - PUDDLE OF MUDD - BLURRY
04 - PUDDLE OF MUDD - PSYCHO
04 - PUDDLE OF MUDD - SHE HATES ME
10 - QUEEN - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
07 - QUEEN - INNEUENDO
08 - QUEEN - THE SHOW MUST GO ON
10 - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - GO WITH THE FLOW
10 - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - NO ONE KNOWS
15 - QUEEN - WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
10 - RACONTEURS - STEADY AS SHE GOES
10 - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - KILLING IN THE NAME
08 - RAMMSTEIN - DU HAST
07 - RAMMSTEIN - SONNE
07 - RAMMSTEIN - SPELUHR
10 - RAMONES- BLITZKRIEG BOP
10 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - BY THE WAY
10 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - DANI CALIFORNIA
08 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - OTHERSIDE
10 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - UNDER THE BRIDGE
09 - RISE AGAINST - INJECTION
10 - ROLLING STONES – PAINT IT BLACK
10 - ROLLING STONES - SATISFACTION
?? - SEETHER - BROKEN
?? - SEETHER - DRIVEN UNDER
?? - SEETHER - FADE AWAY
?? - SEETHER - FINE AGAIN
?? - SEETHER - RISE ABOVE THIS
07 - SEX PISTOLS - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
09 - SEX PISTOLS - PRETTY VACANT
06 - SHINEDOWN - BURNING BRIGHT
07 - SHINEDOWN - I DARE YOU
09 - SHINEDOWN - SECOND CHANCE
06 - SHINEDOWN - UNITY
06 - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - HONG KONG GARDEN
07 - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - CITIES IN DUST
06 - SKUNK ANANSIE - HEDONISM
07 - SLAYER - RAINING BLOOD
10 - SLIPKNOT - (SIC)
09 - SLIPKNOT - DEAD MEMORIES
10 - SLIPKNOT - LEFT BEHIND
10 - SMASHING PUMPKINS - BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS
07 - SONIC BOOM SIX - BIGGER THAN PUNK ROCK
09 - SOUNDGARDEN - BLACK HOLE SUN
?? - SPINESHANK - NEW DISEASE
04 - STAIND - SO FAR AWAY
07 - STONE SOUR - THROUGH GLASS
06 - STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO - ONE FOOT ON THE GAS, ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
10 - SUM 41 - FAT LIP
10 - SUM 41 - IN TOO DEEP
09 - SURVIVOR - EYE OF THE TIGER
?? - SUUNS - 2020
08 - SYSTEM OF A DOWN - AERIALS
10 - SYSTEM OF A DOWN - CHOP SUEY
?? - TAPROOT - AGAIN AND AGAIN
09 - THE CLASH - LONDON CALLING
10 - THE CLASH - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
10 - THE CULT - SHE SELLS SANCTUARY
10 - THE DARKNESS - I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE
15 - THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - 45
15 - THE JAM - GOING UNDERGROUND
09 - THE JAM - TOWN CALLED MALICE
15 - THE OFFSPRING - BAD HABIT
07 - THE OFFSPRING - ORIGINAL PRANKSTER
07 - THE OFFSPRING - PAY THE MAN
10 - THE OFFSPRING - PRETTY FLY
08 - THE OFFSPRING - THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT
10 - THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
?? - THE SISTERS OF MERCY - TEMPLE OF LOVE
08 - THE STOOGES - SEARCH AND DESTROY
09 - THE STRANGLERS - NO MORE HEROES
10 - THE UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS
10 - THE WHO - BABA O'RILEY
10 - THE WHO - WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
03 - THEORY OF A DEADMAN - BAD GIRLFRIEND
?? - THERAPY? - SCREAMAGER
09 - THIN LIZZY - THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
?? - THIRTEEN SENSES - THRU THE GLASS
?? - TRAPT - HEADSTRONG
?? - TUBELORD - NIGHT OF THE PENCILS
06 - TV ON THE RADIO - DANCING CHOOSE
07 - TV ON THE RADIO - WOLF LIKE ME
08 - TWIN ATLANTIC - FREE
07 - TWISTED SISTER - WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT
10 - U2 - BEAUTIFUL DAY
09 - U2 - THE FLY
10 - U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
?? - VALRAVN - KELLING
07 - VELVET REVOLVER - FALL TO PIECES
?? - VIDEO VILLAIN - PARANOIA
10 - WHITE STRIPES - SEVEN NATION ARMY
10 - WHITE STRIPES - BLUE ORCHID
10 - WHITE STRIPES - FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL
09 - WHITESNAKE - HERE I GO AGAIN
04 - WITHIN TEMPTATION - MEMORIES
06 - WITHIN TEMPTATION - SHOT IN THE DARK
03 - WITHIN TEMPTATION - UTOPIA
04 - WITHIN TEMPTATION - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
04 - WOLFMOTHER - JOKER AND THE THIEF
06 - WOLFMOTHER - WOMAN
10 - YELLOWCARD - OCEAN AVENUE
Might have gone a bit hyperbolic but yeah.
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Looks like we'll jump up to 11th tomorrow, which seems fair. If they still included past record we'd probably be seeded.
I'll reserve judgement on whether it's good to not be seeded until the playoff results, if they go the way we'd expect then the European pot will probably be stronger than the seeds. Going to be very difficult for teams from the other two pots to get into the last 16, although Chile, Ecuador and maybe the USA all look capable.
I'd rather see Henderson in the squad than Barkley simply because I think he's more solid and more useful against the big teams. We shouldn't lack firepower against smaller teams so I don't see the point in taking a third Number 10 besides Wilshere and Rooney.
The draw will be interesting not just for who's in which group but for where the matches will be - the tournament will be in the Brazilian winter but it makes near to no difference near the Equator so here's hoping for a group with at least two games in the south. You'd think that aside from Spain, who'll pass everyone off the park anyway, that's the only chance for European teams to compete with the South Americans.
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Republicans throwing their toys out of the pram and nearly making the entire country default is, sadly, the result of a political system that deliberately puts checks and blocks on the power of the President because those who wrote the constitution thought it wasn't right to give so much power to one person. Note how it doesn't tend to happen in places with a parliamentary system.
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I've been critical of Roy, but he's done a good job in these last two games.
He's obviously very cautious, and sets out not to lose, which is not really very entertaining. I think he's realising that we're not as bad as everyone has made out to be. Not convinced we can keep the ball very well in midfield still, but we've a big goal threat these days.
Basically this. Sturridge had an off day and still caused problems, Rooney had a good game but I don't want him as the Number 10 against good teams. Having a Carrick-Gerrard-Wilshere midfield would mean decent ball retention and we've got plenty of options out wide.
Trouble is now that with Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain still to come back - and Townsend looking like he'll go - there's too many wide players who deserve a place. It could end up as a toss up for the last midfield spot between Lampard (experience), Cleverley (Hodgson favourite) and Henderson (likely to be in form). That's assuming that Barkley is in and no one comes out of the blue, I suppose Rodwell is the most likely if Fernandinho gets injured at City.
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The crucial difference is that, in the 1990s, people were more likely to believe what politicians said. At this point though, if a politician says something which seems to go so against what a particular person thinks about a party, they'll simply assume the politician is lying -- and a large reason for that distrust is because of the Blair/New Labour approach of disowning any policy position which isn't immediately popular - which despite it's initial huge success, in the long term only fed the perception that Labour was a bunch of power-hungry empty suits who'd ditch any principles they had to get in government, a perception which things like this risk continuing to feed.
I don't really think what Labour did in the 1990s in accepting free markets is really comparable to what's going on right now anyway: in the 1990s, while the policies they were supporting were questionable, they didn't (in themselves) hurt people. This time, they are insulting and threatening to inflict real pain on (and thus alienating) sections of society. As I think I've said before, Germany shows why the idea that left-wing parties gain "credibility" by giving up their traditional stances and screwing over their traditional supporters, is total nonsense: since the Social Democrats there brought in benefit cuts and redundancies for industrial workers in the early 00s (even more radical/right-wing than anything New Labour did), they have been getting hammered at every election, because loads of their traditional supporters were driven either to more radical left-wing parties or to simply stay at home, while they didn't gain any conservative voters to compensate either.
The difference being that the Germans have a reasonably centrist centre-right party that is still a credible option to most demographics in most areas of the country, so the SPD have their work cut out taking any votes away from them.
I personally reckon that Reeves' comments were just posturing and the lack of any real policies was indicative. I don't like the rhetoric but her predecessor went strangely quiet after saying similar things so I'm not too worried yet.
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:o I knew Don Broco's EP was on course to do pretty well but did not expect to see the song doing much. Especially as it's not even on the R1 A-list and I can't imagine it's getting much support elsewhere. Am I missing something or is this quite an out of the blue success for them?
I thought low top 40, it's beyond 300k views now. It seems a bit odd that they look like doing similarly to releases by more hyped bands like "Sex" and "Changing of the Seasons" but those two don't really span across right from Radio 1 to Kerrang like DB do.
The 1975 - 'The 1975'
in Indie, Rock and Alternative
Publicity innit. I can't see there being anywhere near the furore that there was for "Blurred Lines" because:
1. Less / no nudity
2. More explicitly tongue-in-cheek
3. It won't sell as much
I can't decide whether it's great or just like Duran Duran on a really bad trip. I still love the song but I've moved onto "Heart Out" now.