nikki-red Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, PRESLEY said: I thought the lockdown started Saturday night, 1 minuet after midnight, but some seem to think its tomorrow night, 00:01 Saturday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRESLEY Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, nikki-red said: 00:01 Saturday morning. Thankyou Nikki, I thought I heard it right on PM's questions wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Gibbon Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Organgrinder said: Never heard such a load of rubbish in my life. Why didn't we use that to counter the effects of the recession then, instead of having 10 years of Austerity? I refer you to my previous statement about political arguments rather than monetary/economic ones. Austerity delivered everything the Conservative Party always wanted i.e. a smaller state, lower taxes for corporations, excuses for privatisation and public asset sales etc so they ran with it as hard as they could. It was never necessary, at least to severe extent they forced upon us. Nobody else on Earth followed the route back to growth that we did and most of them recovered far faster than us. Even the Conservative Party publicly disavowed austerity back in 2018 as the best way to reduce debt/deficits when compared to public investment. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-economy-hammond/hammond-says-growth-not-budget-surplus-key-to-reduce-debt-idUKKCN1NA2JL It's not a coincidence that the UK economy flatlined for the first few year after 2010 (having already recovered to low growth before the election) as a direct result of the Government imposing austerity and taking an axe to public sector spending. When they announce sometime after this Covid crisis is over that we're going to have to tighten our belts (as Sunak has already hinted) to pay off our 'debt' just remember that not a penny of it is owed to anyone but ourselves and they're making the argument because it suits their ideology to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, PRESLEY said: I thought the lockdown started Saturday night, 1 minuet after midnight, but some seem to think its tomorrow night, friday night - saturday morning same difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 23 minutes ago, Funky_Gibbon said: I refer you to my previous statement about political arguments rather than monetary/economic ones. Austerity delivered everything the Conservative Party always wanted i.e. a smaller state, lower taxes for corporations, excuses for privatisation and public asset sales etc so they ran with it as hard as they could. It was never necessary, at least to severe extent they forced upon us. Nobody else on Earth followed the route back to growth that we did and most of them recovered far faster than us. Even the Conservative Party publicly disavowed austerity back in 2018 as the best way to reduce debt/deficits when compared to public investment. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-economy-hammond/hammond-says-growth-not-budget-surplus-key-to-reduce-debt-idUKKCN1NA2JL It's not a coincidence that the UK economy flatlined for the first few year after 2010 (having already recovered to low growth before the election) as a direct result of the Government imposing austerity and taking an axe to public sector spending. When they announce sometime after this Covid crisis is over that we're going to have to tighten our belts (as Sunak has already hinted) to pay off our 'debt' just remember that not a penny of it is owed to anyone but ourselves and they're making the argument because it suits their ideology to do so. I already know all the economic arguments you are stating and I also know that the Tories used the wrong tactics (as always) by using austerity but, that doesn't alter the fact that you still can't keep printing money to pay for the things you want to do (one reason why every government doesn't do that). Real money is being used to buy services, to buy commodities, to pay salaries and the companies and people you are dealing with, won't accept Monopoly money. We are borrowing it and it will have to be paid back as we did when we paid for the 2nd World War. Try handing pieces of paper to all your relatives and friends which says "Promise to pay the bearer £10" , for instance - what are you going to do when they all come back and ask for their £10 quids. If it was that easy then every nation on the planet would be a rich one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRESLEY Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 40 minutes ago, melthebell said: friday night - saturday morning same difference No its not, See what I mean another one thinks its 1 minuet after midnight fri, actually its 1 min after midnight saturday night into sunday morning, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, PRESLEY said: No its not, See what I mean another one thinks its 1 minuet after midnight fri, actually its 1 min after midnight saturday night into sunday morning, thats sunday then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRESLEY Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, melthebell said: thats sunday then Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, PRESLEY said: Correct. but they said it starts saturday at 1 minute past midnight not sunday....hmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki-red Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, PRESLEY said: No its not, See what I mean another one thinks its 1 minuet after midnight fri, actually its 1 min after midnight saturday night into sunday morning, As I said before, it’s from 00:01 Saturday. So 1 minute after midnight Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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