Johnson and a new deal

jabberwok you sound as if you are describing the Tories.

Reproducing?!! what a pathetic comment!!

Well, Johnson has already compared himself with Churchill and Roosevelt. Is the man on the left going to be next?

Surely he wouldn't do anything as dastardly as purge his party! Oh hang on!

Personal remarks jabberwok usually show a paucity of good argument.

You let yourself down by resorting to it.

growstuff? I have been wondering who Johnson will compare himself to next.

jabberwok you sound as if you are describing the Tories.

Precisely, Wwmk2

Do you not understand, jabberwok that the reason that Greece was treated the way it was was because the leaders of the EU (which then included the UK) believed in precisely the same economic theory which was followed by the tory government post 2010 and which subjected the UK to a decade of unnecessary 'austerity' with swingeing cutbacks to public services, most notably the NHS, which has left the UK in the dreadful state it is in today?

The NHS was on its knees well before covid hit us and the tories have every intention of making more cuts to public services in the future because they don't believe in state spending on public services.

This pathetic figure of £5 billions will go absolutely nowhere. It's cosmetic. It's designed to impress people like you who clearly have no idea of how much is actually spent annually by UK governments and how much extra would realistically be needed to carry out a programme of 'repair and rebuild'. Other people in this thread have quoted various figures. Have a look at them and a think about the paucity of £5 billion in that context.

He's certainly going for Dictatorship, growstuff

The deal will go the same was as the 200,000 Starter Homes that the Tories promised in 2015.

How many were built?

I thoroughly agree with the idea of spending on a “New Deal”
But the figures that have been given so far are derisory, unless much more convincing detail is forthcoming, it’s just likely to be another glib catchphrase.

We have a government that is struggling with Brexit, struggling with Covid 19 making it up as they go along, now the tell us they have a plan, sorry if I’m sceptical.

Usual onslaught! Only to be expected! Like Grandad, I've other, some would say better things to do, in my case walking my lovely dog!

The usual inability to face facts, Jabberwok.

Have a lovely walk.

Davidhs

I thoroughly agree with the idea of spending on a “New Deal”
But the figures that have been given so far are derisory, unless much more convincing detail is forthcoming, it’s just likely to be another glib catchphrase.

We have a government that is struggling with Brexit, struggling with Covid 19 making it up as they go along, now the tell us they have a plan, sorry if I’m sceptical.

Agree with you 100%. The country does need to spend its way out of this mess, but it's not.

The Treasury's income is somewhere in the region of £650 billion in a normal year. I'm not sure of the actual figure, but in that context £5 billion is ridiculous.

Don't apologise for being sceptical.

Oh dear Do you think they will have BA meetings one day? My name is Jabberwok and I'm a Brexiteer. Sorry, it just flashed across my mind as I read the post.

Usual onslaught!

You don't have to do it Jabberwok. No one will object if you stop.

Whitewavemark2 Instead of a government which encourages people to take pride in their own achievements you would prefer a government which constantly props people up and gives them no encouragement to help themselves.

^ The country does need to spend its way out of this mess, but it's not.^

In fact, it's planning cuts, all departments ordered to look to make savings of 30% was the figure I saw.

I think that they will say that savings have to be made in order to pay for the £5 billion whitewash ( I utterly refuse to call it a new deal because it's an absolute insult to a defunct President and an excellent scheme).

Absolutely no understanding at all of how economies work.

janpt you couldn’t be further from the truth.

But if you think that there is an alternative to Keynesian economics at this time of dire economic crises, please do Outline how you think we can begin to tackle the drop in GDP, the existential rise is unemployment, the consequent poverty and the rise in businesses going bust.

I for one will be interested to read how you think we can get out of this almighty mess.

Not sure what your previous comment meant Janpt, but maybe it is difficult for people to help themselves when they are unemployed? When the industry they work in has just crashed, or is that their own fault? Crikey, won't be long before we have the usual suspects on here saying that people shouldn't have children that they can't afford. The amount being bandied about by Johnson is just fairy dust, HS2 has cost £1.2bn so far and is nowhere near complete. I have often said that a massive, publicly funded programme of insulating homes, making them more efficient would create thousands of skilled and unskilled jobs, improve living conditions for many, maybe the zillions being earmarked for nuclear power stations could fund this?

And to cap it all there is a risk of a further pandemic coming from China in the form of flu from pigs.

Joy upon joy.

janpt, have you ever studied any economics? Do you have any idea how national economies 'work'?

If the government doesn't put any money into the economy there's no money for people to 'help themselves' with.

And to cap it all there is a risk of a further pandemic coming from China in the form of flu from pigs.

Well, the last lot of swine flu actually bypassed older people, they proved to be largely immune to it. It was the young who succumbed badly. 2013 I think it was.

So perhaps we'll be less vulnerable if it happens...

... Instead of a government which encourages people to take pride in their own achievements you would prefer a government which constantly props people up and gives them no encouragement to help themselves.

What? I think you have to explain that Janpt. It sounds worryingly extreme to me - what do you suggest we do with those who need a "prop" from time to time? There will always be some that do.

GillT57 I would be interested to hear why you think it's alright for people to have children that they can't afford to feed and cloth and rely on the taxpayer to bring them up. Especially when they have more than two. How irresponsible is that ?

GGumteenth There is too much reliance on social workers and not enough questions are asked or suggestions as to their lifestyle. It is far too easy to get a prop instead of encouragement to be self reliant.

Oh dear!