Cameron - a "shrewd & malevolent psychopath"?

Right, got it.

The People's Assembly march today.

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/20/tens-thousands-rally-uk-protest-against-austerity

I wonder who does the counting; there's a bit of a difference between 70 and 150 thousand.

I think it was the debt they sold dj and this is the company- may be wrong.

Have they not already hived off NATS and the Student Loan Company?

www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/you-may-disagree-with-him-but-jeremy-corbyn-has-a-key-role-in-labour-race-10325796.html

Why we need Jeremy Corbyn.

Anyone who doubts that they are in it for the money look at the "Top Trumps" they are selling off.
Anyone who would like to object please sign
weownit.org.uk/take-action/dont-sell-our-top-trumps

Only if I then see Labour voting as an opposition and not backing the Tories or abstaining.
Even if that happens, the Tories can win.

( Do I hear cries of Oh, Goody at the back, there?)

I think you are up too late, FarNorth. That's what's making you pessimistic.

www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-24ba-The-road-to-end-George-Osborne

Will seeing this later on today cheer you up?

Unfortunately I can imagine him getting them, all the same.

Who would you prefer to be in charge, a shrew and malevolent psychopath, or this idiot?

www.politics.co.uk//news/2015/06/15/boris-johnson-girls-are-hormone-filled-and-prone-to-weeping

Can you imagine giving him the keys to number 10?

An article about Cameron's speech on the Magna Carta.

www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/06/15/cameron-has-betrayed-every-principle-he-mentions-in-his-magn

Shows just how hypocritical the man is.

Here's another interesting article about Thatcher's economics.

www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2015/jun/10/growth-what-growth-thatcherism-fails-to-produce-the-goods

I bet Cameron and Osborne do not read it.

At least the Royal Mail share price has not shot up like it did the last time. They were sold for £5 each, and have since come down to £4.94, so the companies that bought them will not have made a killing yet.

Perhaps they could explain this as well, FarNorth, while they are about it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/14/tory-welfare-cuts-would-hit-poorest-third-of-uk-families-research-shows

Does Osborne have any friends left?

It doesnt seem right at all.

Maybe GN-ers who think the Conservatives are just the ones to sort out the economy for us, could explain it?
And I promise not to snipe or howl or anything else unpleasant so don't be shy, people.

Ah well- Mail gone, just a bank to go, then Dave and George's mates will be laughing all the way to the bank we used to own. How else could you buy a majority share in something, with someone elses money, to get it out of the S--t. Wait till it turned the corner and then sell it off without even making the money you spent.

Interesting article about the Royal Mail sell-off. It's been done already. That was quick, but I suppose if you are selling something to your friends and do not want the general public to know too much about it, that's the way to do it.

voxpoliticalonline.com/2015/06/14/fury-at-royal-mail-sell-off-as-public-left-in-the-dark-over-who-bought-750m-worth-of-shares-mirror-online/

Bad timing, or maybe good timing depending on how close you live to the march.

No - we're going on holiday to Cornwall with the family on the 20th.

Eloethan, are you going on the People's Assembly march on 20th?

Thank you for the link Eloethan. Wow, that is stunning. I can't believe the Economics degrees do not have a dissertation. Surely the point of any degree is to learn to reflect and analyse at a higher level and the dissertation shows how much you can think rather than how much you can regurgitate. I am shocked that this has been allowed to happen and do believe that how it is set up will stifle new thinking.

Gracesgran I wouldn't worry too much about not having done economics. I met a lecturer in economics at a People's Assembly meeting a year or so ago and she said that there is a growing feeling that the economics being taught in university is not fit for purpose.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/economics-students-neoclassical-theory

If you're interested the above link expands on that opinion.

"Wasn't it Thatcher who got rid of Keynesian thinking?"

I think it was Jen. "The market" has been king for some years now and the swerve in that direction seemed to loose the macro-economics on the way. Having said that, what do I know, I wish I had done economics but I didn't

He wouldn't, would he? And short change all those hardworking taxpayers?

It's fine if you'd like to give a bargain to the purchaser.

Losing £13 billion on the sale of RBS shares does not sound very balanced to me.