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Please remember that government spending is bad. | 29 comments (29 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Gordon & New Labour? Hmmm (none / 1)

Oh, absolutely: if they hadn't spent as they had they'd be rightly screwed. And Northern Ireland would still be a simmering time-bomb.

The point is that until now the UK has been held up as a paragon to be emulated because of its (largely fictional) free-market policies.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Mar 21st, 2006 at 09:18:05 AM EST
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Re: Gordon &amp; New Labour? Hmmm (4.00 / 2)

A paragon to be emulated, yes, of course. Which makes me mad enough. But when I think of the destruction of the economic and social fabric of entire regions I know, I get madder. And I don't even know Northern Ireland, about which I'm sure you're right.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Mar 21st, 2006 at 09:58:44 AM EST
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Please remember that government spending is bad. | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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