Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Brexit \u0026 The Tories A Drag Anchor On The British Economy" video.

  1. UK economy will continue to under-perform. My estimate is that the trade imbalance and public debt will continue to balloon until the economy can't take it any more. The current trajectory of the UK will lead to an Argentina-like situation.
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  2. There are some great plots that show economic records of subsequent Tory and Labour governments. Tories invariably lead to recession, Labour invariably turns it around.
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  3. ​ @seamuspadraigsanders431  So now Tories are blaming Labour for the world-wide financial crisis due to the American sub-prime market? And as far as I know, in 1996 John Major was PM, and he was/is a Tory, wasn't he? Took over from Thatcher, he did. So 1996 was after a full 17 years of Tory rule. And you want to blame Labour for that? Right...
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  4.  @seamuspadraigsanders431  The banks were de-regulated by Thatcher in the eighties. Brown could perhaps have done more to regulate banks and prevent the crisis, but he most certainly didn't cause it.
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  5. ​ @seamuspadraigsanders431  That is how ministers are supposed to act, because ministers are politically responsible for what the ministry does and has done, even if it happened under their predecessors. Their duty is to report any misdeeds to Parliament before they become known outside the ministry, and do their utmost to repair them. Even if it is only clear in hindsight that something was wrong. I have seen ministers resign over the acts of their predecessors, in other nations. The fact that Tory ministers get away with blaming others for failings at the ministry is one of the more disgusting elements of UK politics. So, a question for you: how are regulations doing under the current crop of Tories? Is there another time-bomb with a lit fuse, waiting to scupper another Labour government? I can see several: Brexit, the environment, NHS, housing, etc, etc, etc. The school building time-bomb went off a little bit too soon, I am sure the Tories regret that. Not that the school buildings are collapsing per se, but that they are collapsing one year too soon. Tories ALWAYS wreak the country, and then complain that Labour is not quick enough in repairing the damage. Filth, that is what they are.
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