tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post7437588563533517444..comments2023-07-21T10:27:41.531+01:00Comments on Don't Watch This Space!: Sustainable trickle-downNed Luddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08050301729584268154noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-22651515994589550222010-01-27T19:31:59.803+00:002010-01-27T19:31:59.803+00:00Things can only get betterThings can only get betterBartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-78141628393464335452010-01-27T15:43:37.133+00:002010-01-27T15:43:37.133+00:00Wonder what Mandy meant when he said he was intens...Wonder what Mandy meant when he said he was intensely relaxed about the filthy rich?Mondynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-63940353746274939152010-01-27T15:42:32.465+00:002010-01-27T15:42:32.465+00:00Harriet Harman claimed Labour had arrested the gro...Harriet Harman claimed Labour had arrested the growing poverty gap in PMQ's today, can you believe it? Outright lie.Octopusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-36407795337676116892010-01-27T13:50:59.162+00:002010-01-27T13:50:59.162+00:00Its a joke... and this government has the nerve to...Its a joke... and this government has the nerve to bang on about the class system!MrBeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-54280677932372256122010-01-27T13:49:13.276+00:002010-01-27T13:49:13.276+00:00The gap has probably widened not so much because t...The gap has probably widened not so much because the poor have got poorer but because the rich have got much much much richer.<br />Is it possible to stop this happening without hampering the economy, is the question.Dirknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-72101789523622674982010-01-27T13:46:46.910+00:002010-01-27T13:46:46.910+00:00I blame the target culture. To a great extent it h...I blame the target culture. To a great extent it has made the government a hostage to fortune. Poverty in this case is a relative measure, a percentage share of income. Sadly a lot of government effort has gone towards meeting the targets and not actually tackling the poverty.MarcusHowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-77108601775357885842010-01-27T13:44:54.140+00:002010-01-27T13:44:54.140+00:00The role of governments is government. It isn'...The role of governments is government. It isn't a case of being charitable, but of employing all the instruments of government to prove that they should be in government.<br />If that makes any senseNoddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-10647985862432624162010-01-27T13:41:24.959+00:002010-01-27T13:41:24.959+00:00Brown, first as Chancellor, then as PM has achieve...Brown, first as Chancellor, then as PM has achieved the worst of both worlds - he has squandered billions on social engineering schemes and create a labour-voting welfare class at the expense of the overtaxed middle class. And after all that money was spent inequality has actually got worse than it was under Thatcher.Mokeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-45919994552720729422010-01-27T13:38:20.272+00:002010-01-27T13:38:20.272+00:00We are not a charity indeed, but that is not to sa...We are not a charity indeed, but that is not to say that we are not charitable.Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139297432394866560.post-46457254296665563862010-01-27T13:37:44.588+00:002010-01-27T13:37:44.588+00:00Sustainable bullshit more likeSustainable bullshit more likeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com