Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not! VOL 2

[Carl_Manchester]

whoami said:

Jesus Christ.

My thoughts exactly.

I did chuckle whilst typing that

[PorkInsider]

I like Caroline Lucas's theory that paying the public sector more would generate more tax and therefore more income and therefore boost the economy.

[Jockman]

PorkInsider said:

I like Caroline Lucas's theory that paying the public sector more would generate more tax and therefore more income and therefore boost the economy.

Not sure that stands up to scrutiny

[skahigh]

Labour man clearly feels threated by JRM given his immediate personal dig with his opening words when JRM had done nothing but present a clear personal view.

[anonymous-user]

JRM nailing it

[alfie2244]

[Carl_Manchester]

blimey, it is a feisty QT tonight....

Sir David might need to get his poke stick out in a bit.

[uk66fastback]

Dinoboy said:

Wiccan of Darkness said:

Bump. Starting now. There was a J R-M thing on jeremy vine earlier, seems as though there's quite a momentum to move him up the political ladder. I actually like him a lot. Although Sixus is a peculiar name to give a sprog. Suspect the next will be Septimus.

"Raid the foreign aid budget", he talks a lot of sense!

He'd toss HR2 on the scrap heap as well - good.

[Fleegle]

Well that blew Labours idea to offer the self employed paternity leave out of the water.

Do they not engage brain before operating mouth?

[Jockman]

Damn. I'll have to get it on catch up.

[cuprabob]

It's turning a bit Jeremy Kyle...

[Donkey Of The Damned]

Audience furiously applauding not having the same rights as other NI payers. What a bunch of useful idiots.

[anonymous-user]

Angry self employed man in audience who looked like he was throwing darts
YES
You sir are a hero

Caroline Lucas Fook off
JRM - Yes one word answers fkin brilliant
Did I say Caroline Lucas fook off then go one better fook off and die

[Wiccan of Darkness]

PorkInsider said:

I like Caroline Lucas's theory that paying the public sector more would generate more tax and therefore more income and therefore boost the economy.

She also doesn't realise that if businesses pay only 17% corporation tax, their cash pool goes up and they can pay workers more - who will pay 20% standard rate and also 12% employers and employees NIC.

Interesting point. The current deficit is the same as the amount of interest we pay on the national debt. But what people don't realise is the national debt, those government gilts, are in hot demand by banks to have low risk gilts on their books as opposed to AAA rated bonds that are sub prime.

As for foreign aid, yes reduce it but we are duty bound by treaty to assign a certain proportion of our GDP as foreign aid. Personally, use foreign aid to grease palms and increase UK trade through bungs.

Giving Africa billions hasn't worked so far. But giving them trade opportunities would in the longer term be of greater benefit.

[Dinoboy]

Wow, JRM really does talk sense, you do wonder where he'd be if he talked proper.

[hornetrider]

JRM is smashing it out of the park tonight

[PorkInsider]

Dinoboy said:

Wow, JRM really does talk sense, you do wonder where he'd be if he talked proper.

Like what you do?

[alfie2244]

PorkInsider said:

Dinoboy said:

Wow, JRM really does talk sense, you do wonder where he'd be if he talked proper.

Like what you do?

Innit!

[TheChampers]

techiedave said:

Angry self employed man in audience who looked like he was throwing darts
YES
You sir are a hero

Caroline Lucas Fook off
JRM - Yes one word answers fkin brilliant
Did I say Caroline Lucas fook off then go one better fook off and die

JRM putting a prime ministerial performance here on overseas aid and housing, place your bets now.

[Wiccan of Darkness]

1p on income tax raises £1.5 billion. Perhaps if people understood numbers....