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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by jashmatthews on Saturday December 14, 2019 @09:38AM (#21789683)
If you look at the 1997 Labour manifesto, which led to the UK doubling GDP from 97 to and 2007 and the 2019 Labour manifesto they’re very similar.

If you ask people if Labour was good for the economy and would be good for the economy, you’ll largely get a negative response.

Unfortunately it’s easy for people’s opinions to be shaped with zero basis in fact and when this happens it’s easy for them to vote against their own interest.

This has little to do with a condescending left and much more to do with how well the Conservstives play and are supported by the media.

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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by wolco on Saturday December 14, 2019 @09:45AM (#21789713)
Side point. Just because a government is in power doesn't mean they are responsible for the economy doing well. Often the previous policies take time to take hold more so global trends are driving this. What happened after 2007 the housing crisis.. in part made by government policy spanning decades in part because of foreign influence through global markets.
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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by jashmatthews on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:37AM (#21789991)
That’s true but widespread economic opinion is that the austerity policies have resulted in lower growth. Cuts started before 2010 and the effects are visible now. The IMF was critical of the policy as early as 2013 but the conservative government pushed on for idealogical reasons. There’s little reason to continue self harm.
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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by jtbayly on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:55AM (#21790101)
Unless the harm isn't harm but is rather the fabled pain without which comes no gain.
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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by Glide on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:49AM (#21790064)
I thought we’ve established that we’re all Keynesians now.
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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by goatinaboat on Saturday December 14, 2019 @11:21AM (#21790257)
If you look at the 1997 Labour manifesto, which led to the UK doubling GDP from 97 to and 2007 and the 2019 Labour manifesto they’re very similar

The bits about nationalising everything were certainly very different so I don’t think this claim holds up to scrutiny.

I also find it interesting that you stop at 2007. What happened in 2008 that might call into doubt Labour’s management of the economy?

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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by pjc50 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @12:46PM (#21790809)
> What happened in 2008 that might call into doubt Labour’s management of the economy?

The blowup of Lehman Brothers (US investment bank), ABN Ambro (Dutch bank recently acquired by RBS), Northern Rock (overextended British building society), Kaupthing (Iceland), and Anglo-Irish (despite the name, entirely Irish)? Yes, I'm sure that's all the fault of the Labour government.

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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by sweeneyrod on Saturday December 14, 2019 @11:56AM (#21790444)
You're blaming Labour for an international financial crisis?
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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by goatinaboat on Saturday December 14, 2019 @12:47PM (#21790818)
The financial crisis manifested itself in the UK wholly due to Gordon Brown’s mismanagement of the economy yes. A housing bubble and promising the end of boom and bust. Having sold off the gold reserves at a rock bottom price already.

Labour would like their voters to forget it was them who bailed out the banks too.

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