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Wouldnt Labour be better off admitting now to the tough decisions that will need to be taken over public spending rather than trying to create an artificial argument over Labour spending vs Tory cuts?... Show more »Wouldnt Labour be better off admitting now to the tough decisions that will need to be taken over public spending rather than trying to create an artificial argument over Labour spending vs Tory cuts? Does Gordon Brown not realise that the public can see through this and that we frankly feel insulted about the way he is trying to basically mis-lead us over the issue of spending? Show less »
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I do not think Labour has a problem talking frankly about public expenditure. We all know the borrowing to stave off extreme recession and rescue the banks will have to be paid back. I believe that ... Show more »
I do not think Labour has a problem talking frankly about public expenditure. We all know the borrowing to stave off extreme recession and rescue the banks will have to be paid back. I believe that our government measures means that tax revenues will be restored more quickly than if we had slashed the economy as the Conservatives seem to suggest should have been done. The skill will be in paying back the national debt at rates that do not then dent the recovering economy. Capital spending undertaken earlier than planned as part of the strategy clearly will mean that less is to follow. The arguments about figures is essentially a Conservative smokescreen. At the back of it all is their philosophy of a small ie. cheap state and that means less central spending on schools, health, welfare, transport, environment - you name it - they will not want to fund it! If elected, under cover of paying back the debt quickly, they would be making the small state they seek. It does not bear thinking about and I have no evidence that the British people, even many Conservative voters, really want it.
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Is Leeds in danger of becoming over-reliant on its huge student population to drive the Leeds economy and growth and seeing local residents concerns becoming marginalised?
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I am sorry I do not have any figures to help me consider this question. There is no doubt about the value to the Leeds economy of the education institutions. If there are local issues, perhaps in former... Show more »I am sorry I do not have any figures to help me consider this question. There is no doubt about the value to the Leeds economy of the education institutions. If there are local issues, perhaps in former student areas that are now less popular, I think there will be local solutions for them. Show less »
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In relation to your role on the Foreign Affairs Committee: Are we foolish not to learn the lesson of history from the Soviets time in Afganistan, who with twenty times the amount of troops we currently... Show more »In relation to your role on the Foreign Affairs Committee: Are we foolish not to learn the lesson of history from the Soviets time in Afganistan, who with twenty times the amount of troops we currently have in the region still couldnt complete a successful campaign in Afganistan? What is our exit strategy for the conflict, because I cant seem to see one? Show less »
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There are some differences with the position of the Soviets in that Russia was then seeking to maintain a non democratic Communist government in power in country on its borders for ideological reasons.... Show more »There are some differences with the position of the Soviets in that Russia was then seeking to maintain a non democratic Communist government in power in country on its borders for ideological reasons. We are in Afghanistan to fight terrorism. The geographic isolation of the country with a tribal population having very conservative social traditions has proved an ideal base for fundamentalists to exploit and we have to prevent that in order to protect our own country, its people and its values. I cannot see an exit strategy either at present but it is a war we must win. There were no exit strategies for the war against Hitler - we had to fight on. Show less »
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