talking points that piss you off

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Any politician who compares the economy to one household deserves to be stretched on the rack.

^^^

This is a good one.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Of course VAT was raised through the roof at the same time income tax for the rich was cut, totally changing the social balance of taxation (for want of a better way of putting it).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I believe that the technical term for someone who holds such views about higher education is 'dickhead'.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Obviously this thread is a disaster, but with regards to France it should be pointed out that a certain disconnect between rhetoric and reality is a traditional (the most traditional?) feature of political language there. In any case, the existence of a formerly viable hard left political tradition does not make the entire country so inclined...

But then the Guardian is incredibly left-wing.

Hahaha, no.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I didn't say that they were. But the Liberal-Democrats are emphatically not "liberal" certainly economically, where they are similar to Labour, wanting to avoid public spending cuts, aside of course from in defence.

On which planet do you live on at the moment?