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[Mark Bolam]

It's like voting for whether you'd prefer a head butt, a poke in the eye or a kick in the bollocks.

[Woodworks]

It's like voting for whether you'd prefer a head butt, a poke in the eye or a kick in the bollocks.

 

Think we may get all three which ever way we vote!

Edited May 22, 2017 by Woodworks

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

And Labour's next unfunded promise to the naive and gullible is free ice cream 🍧for all on a sunny day!

 

Go JC!!

 

PS it's Diane's round, apparently, she's done the figures and so long as the Tories don't try a sneak a flake in, it'll be all be fine, no worries, don't worry about the detail 👍🏻

[Mark J]

From The Guardian Website:

 

National investment bank

 

What the manifesto says: Labour wants to establish a bank devoted to lending £250bn over 10 years to large-scale investment projects that the private sector cannot fund and make a profit. Regional development banks will be created and a law would be tabled preventing branch closures “where there is a clear local need”. Backing for research and development would also be one of its aims with a target of reaching 3% of GDP – higher than the OECD’s 2.4% average.

 

Analysis: Many eminent economists, including former Bank of England policymaker Adam Posen, have supported the idea of an investment bank. Initially, funds would come from the public purse. But the bank, which would be underwritten by the state, could keep these funds in reserve and only lend the private funds that will pour in from pension funds and other institutions looking for an ultra-safe home for their cash. With the Treasury cutting back on borrowing, it is the perfect time for an investment fund backed by the state to boost major infrastructure spending.

[Mark J]

In case you missed Philip Hammond's mere £20billion gaffe on the Today Show :

Philip Hammond gets cost of HS2 wrong by £20bn in radio interview | The Independent

[Mark J]

Or even Micheal Gove's lack of grasp of all things numerical: Michael Gove Gets His Numbers Hopelessly Wrong On Tory Manifesto - LBC

[Mark J]

It's like voting for whether you'd prefer a head butt, a poke in the eye or a kick in the bollocks.

 

Yup and freezing pensioners, hungry children and a few mauled foxes.

[Johny Walker]

In case you missed Philip Hammond's mere £20billion gaffe on the Today Show :

Philip Hammond gets cost of HS2 wrong by £20bn in radio interview | The Independent

 

Hs2 complete waste off money imo

[Mark J]

Hs2 complete waste off money imo

 

Couldn't agree more.

[Mark Bolam]

HS2 is a strange one.

 

I've yet to meet a single person, anywhere, who thinks it's a good idea.