The General Election Thread

[blueish swede]

Apparently the last Conservative Prime Minister to not drive the British economy in to recession has sent a message to Dave and George

Spoiler

 

[Bluemanc100]

Anyone who cares what someone earns is an idiot.

Come now, that is a silly statement. How do you value your own worth if you don't care what others are earning? It's relative to your experience.

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

 

[SWP's back]

Apparently the last Conservative Prime Minister to not drive the British economy in to recession has sent a message to Dave and George

Spoiler

Has there ever been a picture of a Labour PM that left the economy in a better state than it found or ever reduced the total number of unemployed?

Oh no. That's right. There hasn't been one.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Apparently the last Conservative Prime Minister to not drive the British economy in to recession has sent a message to Dave and George

Spoiler

Stood for election in Oldham, unsuccessfully.... they chose a pig in a suit instead I heard

 

[whp.blue]

Anyone who cares what someone earns is an idiot.

Wasn't that the main premiss of the trade union movement and the reason for the minimum wage
to ensure people were paid the same for similar work?

 

[foxy]

 

[TangerineSteve17]

Anyone who cares what someone earns is an idiot.

Come now, that is a silly statement. How do you value your own worth if you don't care what others are earning? It's relative to your experience.

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

I disagree.

Focus is what we do. We all get a life and we equate our worthiness to what others do. If some guy earns more than you through hard work then fair enough. You do not have a leg to stand on. But if he is birth-righted/exploiting others to gain his wealth, then you entitled to feel annoyed.

I am noncompetitive/unambitious and easily satisfied but even I can see this.

 

[blueish swede]

Apparently the last Conservative Prime Minister to not drive the British economy in to recession has sent a message to Dave and George

Spoiler

Has there ever been a picture of a Labour PM that left the economy in a better state than it found or ever reduced the total number of unemployed?

Oh no. That's right. There hasn't been one.

I think you're forgetting Saint Tony! The longest uninterrupted period of economic growth in Britain in 200 years, independence of the BoE to set interest rates, and reduced unemployment (level and rate). I won't post a picture.

 

[TangerineSteve17]

Come now, that is a silly statement. How do you value your own worth if you don't care what others are earning? It's relative to your experience.

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

Exactly , never have and never will, as for my worth , it's what my employer pays me.

I would establish a set of values if i were you. The employer pays what you're worth isn't a good argument.

How about the employer pays what you think you're worth?

 

[SWP's back]

Apparently the last Conservative Prime Minister to not drive the British economy in to recession has sent a message to Dave and George

Spoiler

Has there ever been a picture of a Labour PM that left the economy in a better state than it found or ever reduced the total number of unemployed?

Oh no. That's right. There hasn't been one.

I think you're forgetting Saint Tony! The longest uninterrupted period of economic growth in Britain in 200 years, independence of the BoE to set interest rates, and reduced unemployment (level and rate). I won't post a picture.

Best Tory PM in decades.

My mistake for forgetting.

Brown went and fucked it all up.

 

[Lucky13]

Come now, that is a silly statement. How do you value your own worth if you don't care what others are earning? It's relative to your experience.

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

I disagree.

Focus is what we do. We all get a life and we equate our worthiness to what others do. If some guy earns more than you through hard work then fair enough. You do not have a leg to stand on. But if he is birth-righted/exploiting others to gain his wealth, then you entitled to feel annoyed.

I am noncompetitive/unambitious and easily satisfied but even I can see this.

If you equate your worth to what others do , you need to have a word with yourself.

If you get annoyed with someone being born into money , you need to have a word with yourself.

 

[kas_tippler]

Labour getting 'celebrities ' to persuade the electret to vote for Miliband strikes me as if they cannot make their own minds up and they need someone to hold their hand........which of course isn't the 'New Labour ' as we know.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Come now, that is a silly statement. How do you value your own worth if you don't care what others are earning? It's relative to your experience.

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

I disagree.

Focus is what we do. We all get a life and we equate our worthiness to what others do. If some guy earns more than you through hard work then fair enough. You do not have a leg to stand on. But if he is birth-righted/exploiting others to gain his wealth, then you entitled to feel annoyed.

I am noncompetitive/unambitious and easily satisfied but even I can see this.

I've never been affected by birth rights in a competitive working situation and I am struggling to see how it is relevant to a debate about what others earn.... you are talking about rare occurrences for very selective roles surely.

The only time I have seen discrimination was in the forces when anybody of an ethnic minority background, especially those who chose to play the race card often appeared to get advanced promotion...

Thats a discussion for another time as it has cock all to do with the election....

 

[Lucky13]

Labour getting 'celebrities ' to persuade the electret to vote for Miliband strikes me as if they cannot make their own minds up and they need someone to hold their hand........which of course isn't the 'New Labour ' as we know.

Delia Smith introduced Ed the Red on to a stage as the PM , no need to vote on Thursday.

Instead of the #edstone the socialists should have put their policies in Hello.

 

[Bluemanc100]

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

Exactly , never have and never will, as for my worth , it's what my employer pays me.

I would establish a set of values if i were you. The employer pays what you're worth isn't a good argument.

How about the employer pays what you think you're worth?

Good luck with that philosophy...... I am all for pushing the boundaries but I am also aware that if I don't compromise i'll be making a rod for my own back...

 

[kaz7]

Labour getting 'celebrities ' to persuade the electret to vote for Miliband strikes me as if they cannot make their own minds up and they need someone to hold their hand........which of course isn't the 'New Labour ' as we know.

Delia Smith introduced Ed the Red on to a stage as the PM , no need to vote on Thursday.

Instead of the #edstone the socialists should have put their policies in Hello.

You wouldn't be bothered if celebs were endorsing dave lol

 

[TangerineSteve17]

I disagree, if you focus on what others earn and what you don't it will ruin your life....

Its all about what you are happy with, what anybody else earns is an irrelevance

I disagree.

Focus is what we do. We all get a life and we equate our worthiness to what others do. If some guy earns more than you through hard work then fair enough. You do not have a leg to stand on. But if he is birth-righted/exploiting others to gain his wealth, then you entitled to feel annoyed.

I am noncompetitive/unambitious and easily satisfied but even I can see this.

I've never been affected by birth rights in a competitive working situation and I am struggling to see how it is relevant to a debate about what others earn.... you are talking about rare occurrences for very selective roles surely.

The only time I have seen discrimination was in the forces when anybody of an ethnic minority background, especially those who chose to play the race card often appeared to get advanced promotion...

Thats a discussion for another time as it has cock all to do with the election....

None of this shite has anything to do with the election...

But to you and Lucky... Do you not see yourselves as pawns in the game? And in this game Kings/Queen/Bishops are the same as you. Just lives. Don't get me wrong, I don't lose sleep over it, I'm not miserable over money. I care not for it. But the unfairness is there and how the rich prosper.. (the exploitation of other men) can't be ignored.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Labour getting 'celebrities ' to persuade the electret to vote for Miliband strikes me as if they cannot make their own minds up and they need someone to hold their hand........which of course isn't the 'New Labour ' as we know.

Delia Smith introduced Ed the Red on to a stage as the PM , no need to vote on Thursday.

Instead of the #edstone the socialists should have put their policies in Hello.

You wouldn't be bothered if celebs were endorsing dave lol

I think Its bullshit to be fair Karen. Party politics and pledges are what matters, not who can out trump each other with A, B or C list celebs....

 

[Lucky13]

Labour getting 'celebrities ' to persuade the electret to vote for Miliband strikes me as if they cannot make their own minds up and they need someone to hold their hand........which of course isn't the 'New Labour ' as we know.

Delia Smith introduced Ed the Red on to a stage as the PM , no need to vote on Thursday.

Instead of the #edstone the socialists should have put their policies in Hello.

You wouldn't be bothered if celebs were endorsing dave lol

With the risk of repeating myself Karen , anyone who votes for any Party because a Celebrity tells them to should be shot.

 

[kaz7]

Delia Smith introduced Ed the Red on to a stage as the PM , no need to vote on Thursday.

Instead of the #edstone the socialists should have put their policies in Hello.

You wouldn't be bothered if celebs were endorsing dave lol

I think Its bullshit to be fair Karen. Party politics and pledges are what matters, not who can out trump each other with A, B or C list celebs....

I agree,just having a laugh at those 2 posters who seem a bit rattled by it