Born Hunter
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I don't know, but by the fact there is a deficit then the debt has to increase. I don't deny that matey. All I'm saying is that before you can touch the debt you have to eliminate the deficit. If you want to do that fast you will feel a lot of pain, if you want to do it slow then less pain. Any Chancellor would love to balance the books on his first day in office, but he has to play that off against the political backlash of cutting public spending. The UK's finances are moving in the right direction. In the near future if the current trend continues we will be in a position to start reducing
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LOL, Of course not, but if you already had a mortgage that was twice the size of your salary and you were running a deficit. Your creditors and dependents would be a lot more comfortable that you would repay in full and are managing your finances if you could show that you are year on year reducing your deficit. It shows that your financial management will shortly lead you to a positive flow of money and the ability to repay. It's totally unreasonable to expect any government to just instantly eliminate a deficit that is well over 10% of their income. The important fact is that the balance
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That's the debt mate. http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk_national_debt_chart.html Osborne has reduced the deficit year on year. Halved it since he's been Chancellor.
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We definitely need a more robust corporation tax system. I don't fully understand the situation as it is so I'm uncomfortable to say what the effects would be of any change. Tbh I'm not totally sold on why we need to tax business at all, other than that we can......
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Right, well they're the obvious ones and have got it down to something like £50B. That's ignoring any economic costs that those measures might have, which probably isn't worth speculating on for the purposes of this. What comes next are cuts to real services. Pensions, welfare, NHS, police, defence, education etc etc. Or alternatively we tax another area, the corporations and the rich are often a popular bunch to beat, until it becomes counter productive and negatively affects the economy.
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Has it? In 2010 when Osborne become Chancellor the deficit was £149B according to the June budget. The deficit for 2015 was £69B. From what I'm looking at it's steadily dropped year on year. As a percentage of GDP it's gone from 11% to less than 4%. I might be looking at bullshit figures or are you thinking of the National Debt?
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You're confusing is with the French, who would probably get up and actually do something ! Osborne knows the worst we will do is a tut and a roll of the eyes ! As much as I agree and am outraged by this move to increase duty, the fact is we are still running a deficit of around £70B. Before we can really condemn this increase in duty we need to offer an alternative solution! Osborne has been after raising duty for a few years now. the oil downturn has offered him the opportunity to do this without the taxpayer feeling too much of a pinch. Of course the duty wont be dropped again on
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So according to that our net contribution to the EU each day in 2013 was over £23M! Second largest net contributor to the EU. But putting that into perspective. It was 1.2% of government expenditure or 0.5% of GDP. for some of us that are not clued up born hunter you fancy explaining it a bit more I'll have a proper read of it and digest it a bit. I'm not really clued up per se, but I can try to point out a few things I see as key points, as I'm sure others will. It's interest looking at the actual economic facts but I think the more significant point in this debate is where the
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One thing is quite clear. The UK is extremely strong economically amongst our European peers. Time and again we shoulder the 'burden' of strength in this socialist project. It's foolish to say we won't potentially see harder times, but if any EU member can walk alone, it's the United Kingdom.
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So according to that our net contribution to the EU each day in 2013 was over £23M! Second largest net contributor to the EU. But putting that into perspective. It was 1.2% of government expenditure or 0.5% of GDP.
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And of course it depends on how competitive we will be outside the common market.... We might not lose much market share in our key industries if even with imposed tariffs we are still the cheapest.
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Of course the demand doesn't dissappear but the goods cost increase through protectionist taxation making those goods less competitive in the market.I think it's entirely probable we'll renegotiate some sort of second rate deal and we'll all still be drinking champagne while driving German cars in Italian suits! LOL. I just like to understand the situation as fully as possible. And you don't learn shit by nodding in agreement with everyone. The "protectionist taxation" works both way though, does it not? It seems we take 16% of the EU's exports above the USA who take 15%. Do you really th
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Of course the demand doesn't dissappear but the goods cost increase through protectionist taxation making those goods less competitive in the market. I think it's entirely probable we'll renegotiate some sort of second rate deal and we'll all still be drinking champagne while driving German cars in Italian suits! LOL. I just like to understand the situation as fully as possible. And you don't learn shit by nodding in agreement with everyone.
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Good post, but I'm of the opinion that the EU can definitely make life harder for us if they wanted to and no one can guarantee that trade will go on unabated. I'm equally of the opinion I'd rather be a poor free man than a rich enslaved one. In a post Brexit scenario the EU is the bigger fish, they can tolerate loosing trade with the UK more than we can with them by nature of their size. There's no guarantees in this. I'm inclined to agree with you on how it'll play out but I do wonder if I'm underestimating the EU's resolve...... I dont agree with much of that to be honest, the eu doesn
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I don't really understand how the UK would suffer less than the EU. Unless they can't find some essential product/service anywhere else then by virtue of their size they can dilute the effects of a loss of trade with us far more easily than we could with them. We could definitely operate with the EU under new agreements as many other nations do but only IF the EU treat us as equals to these other nations. IF they wanted to make an example of us to deter further breakup then we have to find other markets. The European market is simply the best option due to its size, type and location. Of cou
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Did I say I wouldn't? You don't just make a list of you're concerns and then only bother to consider the greatest! Yes, Gib citizens could move to the UK but that's not really my concern. My concern is how dependent on the EU Gib is and the implications of them having to leave on both them and us. It's a minor concern. Something that doesn't need to be made a big deal of if you're not interested. considering how much spain hates gib`s very existence and does everything it can to block cross border trade I don`t think the EU is of that great a consequence to them No, but they do use EU l
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Good post, but I'm of the opinion that the EU can definitely make life harder for us if they wanted to and no one can guarantee that trade will go on unabated. I'm equally of the opinion I'd rather be a poor free man than a rich enslaved one. In a post Brexit scenario the EU is the bigger fish, they can tolerate loosing trade with the UK more than we can with them by nature of their size. There's no guarantees in this. I'm inclined to agree with you on how it'll play out but I do wonder if I'm underestimating the EU's resolve......
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Did I say I wouldn't? You don't just make a list of you're concerns and then only bother to consider the greatest! Yes, Gib citizens could move to the UK but that's not really my concern. My concern is how dependent on the EU Gib is and the implications of them having to leave on both them and us. It's a minor concern. Something that doesn't need to be made a big deal of if you're not interested.
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Ah, so f**k anybody that my actions might affect? The future of the UK is in part tied to the future of Gibraltar. It's part of this problem and to ignore it isn't quite in my nature.
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So in answer to my second question, Gibraltar are a Special Member State Territory, however their membership is dependent on the UK's. So if we're out, they're out. Which raises even more questions in my head. Could they renegotiate their own membership? How secure is Gibraltar in the event that they are forced to remain outside of the EU? I'm sure none of this is of great concern to anybody else, just something that crossed my mind.
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One of my concerns, which I don't know how valid it is, is that the EU will do everything with in their power to punish the UK in the case of Brexit. To see the UK flourish or even just do okay in that situation would only encourage further EU breakup. Also, another totally separate concern, where does this leave Gibraltar? Are they treated as a separate entity to the UK within the EU?
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Digweed's achievements should make him one of this countries sporting greats......... when was the last time his name was ever mentioned in the mainstream?
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Strange for an alleged anti to run for parliament under the Countryside Party. A political party essentially created by the CA! Their main policy being pro hunting!Nope, strange that he allied himself with the CA after writing such a tale in his book...Are the CA known for their support of Badger digging then? I have no idea why he has such a bad opinion of Badger digging, maybe he's just had bad experiences, which is hardly unfathomable with some of the tools running about with terriers. Try as you might, the man is hardly an anti. If he is then by the same definition so are half the member
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Strange for an alleged anti to run for parliament under the Countryside Party. A political party essentially created by the CA! Their main policy being pro hunting!
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"Reasonably admirable",like maybe he ran a half marathon for charity once. 'On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream of climbing to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident. At 23, he was at the time among the youngest people to have achieved this feat' The wording on that part just made me laugh btw,I agree with the gist of the post. LOL, god forbid I went the whole hog and labelled it as being outright 'admirable'. I'd be shot to bits on here!
