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13 years ago @ Platform [OLD] - Bernard Jenkin MP: Com... · 0 replies · 0 points

Sorry, I'm sure you meant to write "Qatada was bailed by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which is headed by Mr Justice Mitting, who was appointed by Lord Falconer in 2007. Qatada is not allowed to leave his house for longer than 1 hour, use a mobile phone, see his close friends, use a bank account or get a job."

Foreign powers my ass.

15 years ago @ Bloggerheads - Nadine Dorries and Mar... · 1 reply · +1 points

Tim, while that abbreviated balance sheet is interesting, it is totally useless for a proper analysis of the business. At the very least, the full version incorporating net profit and shareholder equity should be examined. Even more interesting would be to examine the cashflow statement and the Profit and Loss account.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Believe me, I'm just a... · 0 replies · +1 points

I've always been roughly where you are on the graph Tom.

However the whole thing is totally absurd. As John Rentoul notes the opening question is:

" If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations."

Well who's going to disagree with that? Probably only Alan B'stard on the far Tory right. Of course I would like globalisation to serve humanity!

The bit it misses is whether you believe that globalisation does serve humanity rather than corporations, and if not, whether governments should take action against corporations.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Considering the Iron Lady · 5 replies · +5 points

"Think of the lives she squandered defending the Falklands"

What you meant to write was "deployed troops who voluntarily signed up to defend british territory".

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Compare and contrast · 0 replies · 0 points

So you're saying the electorate preferred Labour's spending to the Tory alternative of cuts?

Whatever next....?

15 years ago @ And another thing... - That Osborne interview... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's not a non-sequitur, that's just misrepresentation.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Protesting too much? · 0 replies · +2 points

Hah! Very good.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - The end is nigh · 1 reply · +1 points

Think you replied to the wrong comment.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - The end is nigh · 2 replies · +1 points

Tom, we may miss you.

15 years ago @ And another thing... - Blame the banks, not t... · 0 replies · +1 points

Richard I think you need to go look at the facts. The US National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared the US was in recession from December 2007. This was 9 months *before* Lehman's collapse.

That original slowdown was caused by US consumers racking up too much debt, and then drastically cutting back on their spending.

Pretty diagrams for you to look at:
Note in 1 the sharp decline in consumer spending starting in 2007.

1) http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart...

Note in 2 the enormous US consumer debt binge from circa 1993-2007

2) http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TDSP?...

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