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Of course he could cut spending on bloated defence projects such as Trident and Iraq and silly new aircraft carriers and the pointless aircraft they carry, but how could we continue our delusions of Empire without them ?

We could close all the tax loopholes that the rich use to drain billions from the Exchequer, but that would hurt our "competitiveness".

He could stop throwing money at PFI contracts that cost the country zillions in ridiculously inflated payments to private industry, irrespective of whether they deliver good, bad or any service whatsoever.

He could do lots of things, but his thinking is so closed and his cowardice so great that nothing is possible except yet another fudge of the Country's finances.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 09:53:09 AM EST
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Yes, but America needs a fellow depressed teenage girl of a country to buddy up with during these trying times, and, as y'all are such pushovers, it might as well be you.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 11:43:10 AM EST
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"depressed teenage girl of a country?"

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
by poemless on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 11:49:16 AM EST
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Reference to a comment I made to Jerome a few days ago.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 11:51:24 AM EST
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