I can assure you nothing could be further from the truth.

The rationale behind my comments were so that I was NOT the focus of attention and I very much hope the Thread is not de-railed to the extent it turns into yet another tedious WILLO thread with me being in the 'Spotlight'.

So now let's NOT get into a contretemps about this and concentrate on the 'General Election'. Thanks.

Some lovely gentleman (Now deceased) used to say when the "B' word was used "When you grow up you will get a pair" !!!!

You have used the word in the "Plural" - be careful it might be very sensitive to those who might only have one !

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I'll give you my honest opinion. That figure is given by the Resolution Foundation, whose role is to investigate inequality and poverty. I have no real reason to disbelieve what they say...

But it does sound pretty speculative given the lack of data from that time. I doubt the 1780s had the same data collection ability as today, other than censors which were incredibly unreliable.

However, I don't think that my overall point is moot. Let's take a less questionable claim: the IFS saying the 2010s will be the worst decade for real term pay for average earners in the post war period. Public sector pay in the NHS, police and other essential services has fallen on average by 10%.

What this means, is that for most people, the economy isn't working for them. There wages are stagnating, but inflation's going up, as is rent. Yet you have the Tories claiming there is a strong and stable economy. Why? Because the richest 1000 people in this country have increased their wealth by over 40 billion, and this is taken in to account in GDP figures.

That's why every time May says this is a strong and stable economy, she is really laughing at us. How can you imagine a state to be run worse than this? Almost every single sector of society is seeing their money drain away to fund the projects of the megarich, all in an attempt to keep these bullsh't GDP figures in tact.

Anyone who thinks they can overlook this by just continually questioning the sources, well i'm sorry, but they're all just laughing at you. We are having the money from our pockets robbed, and when a politician comes along promising to rebalance it, we call him the extremist! What a country this place has become...

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If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

I actually intimated that I wouldn't get lured into any goading regards 'Fox Hunting', NOT that I wouldn't respond at all on here.

Going back to the 'General Election' my view mirrors that of Dan Hodges who writes in the 'Mail' and is the son of Glenda Jackson.His view is that Corbyn is NOT trying to win the election, all he is doing is trying to firm up his 'Power base' in terms of his Leadership by his narrow left-wing agenda which just appeals to those who voted him as leader.As Dan Hodges has said, yesterday wasn't the launch of Labour's election campaign , it was the launch of Corbyn's leadership campaign.

Willo, if you think May is attempting to appeal to a wider public and Corbyn only to his followers, why do you think it is that May's audiences on the campaign trail are handpicked while local people kept out by police, but Corbyn is doing public talks on the streets and in the centre of towns?

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Possibly a security issue relating to a 'Prime Minister'.Let's wait and see when the Conservative election campaign is in 'Full Swing' shall we when a raft of ministers will be out in force.
In general the Conservatives are appealing to the electorate at large, Corbyn only to his fellow comrades.

Regards Corbyn's "Public talks", how can one be sure that these people are NOT hand-picked either ? In any event I was referring to the general message rather than what the leaders have been doing in public thus far.

When I mentioned 'Agenda', Corbyn is only appealing to his core membership and not to the wider public with the suggestion that far from trying to win an election he just wants to ensure he will remain leader for some time.

Must go out now to do Tory election things !!!!

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