Warm Banks

[BayernMan]

I think the answer is going to a pub with a good log fire in it.

Do I have to bring the wife and kids too?

 

[andyhinch]

Do I have to bring the wife and kids too?

It’s not a prerequisite.

 

[East Level 2]

The food bank in person is better , i cant afford to give much money , would rsther buy something extra when shopping

Food bank in person is more direct, but a couple of years ago a charity said cash donations soon mounted up and gave them greater buying power therefore getting more food per £.

 

[metalblue]

Well that's some simplistic reasoning. You said yourself the left's choice was to raise taxes to balance the books, and that's not austerity.

You’re confusing the principle of austerity with the austerity we experienced.

Plenty of descriptions of it you can Google for yourself. Here for example:

What is Austerity? - Economics Help

Simple definitions of Austerity - reduce gov' spending - during a period of low growth. Also different conceptions of austerity. Cost of austerity. Self-defeating austerity.

www.economicshelp.org

What does austerity mean?

Austerity is a set of government policies designed to control national debt. Learn how it works and the types of measures countries might implement

www.raisin.co.uk

Understanding Austerity, Types of Austerity Measures, and Examples

Austerity is defined as a state of reduced spending and increased frugality.

www.investopedia.com

 

[metalblue]

You don’t have to balance the books purely through austerity measures, that’s exactly where the conservatives went wrong.

Austerity is the very balancing of books - it’s meaning has been lost due to how people experienced it. How it was implemented following the financial crisis was definitely wrong. As previously mentioned the OBR said it was great and how growth would return. Experts eh?

 

[Vic]

You’re confusing the principle of austerity with the austerity we experienced.

Plenty of descriptions of it you can Google for yourself. Here for example:

What is Austerity? - Economics Help

Simple definitions of Austerity - reduce gov' spending - during a period of low growth. Also different conceptions of austerity. Cost of austerity. Self-defeating austerity.

www.economicshelp.org

What does austerity mean?

Austerity is a set of government policies designed to control national debt. Learn how it works and the types of measures countries might implement

www.raisin.co.uk

Understanding Austerity, Types of Austerity Measures, and Examples

Austerity is defined as a state of reduced spending and increased frugality.

www.investopedia.com

Well, I didn't know that "austerity" had been redefined to mean the opposite of its original meaning.

That's as bad as the planning judge who defined the three types of harm to listed buildings: substantial harm, less than substantial harm, and no harm. (How can "no harm" be a type of harm?)

Under this perverse definition, then, the austerity of the Tory/LibDem coalition was even more unnecessary, and even more purely ideological.

I look forward to Labour's increasing the top tax rate and calling it "the politics of Austerity for the Rich".

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Won't be far off this again soon.

That’s where the term hungover is supposed to originate.

 

[snorky]

Read the thread title as Barm Wanks.
Sorry, as you were.

 

[Scottyboi]

That’s where the term hungover is supposed to originate.

Yep and you could sleep on a washing line I believe haha.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Yep and you could sleep on a washing line I believe haha.

Fell asleep on top of a huge speaker in a club in Amsterdam once!