UK unveils biggest spending cuts in decades; half a million public jobs to go

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Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled the biggest UK spending cuts for decades, with welfare, councils and police budgets all hit. The pension age will rise sooner than expected, some incapacity benefits will be time limited and other money clawed back through changes to tax credits and housing benefit. Read full article

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Hoytred
This is the result of leaving left wingers in charge of the economy for 13 years ! South America beware !
Oct 21st, 2010 - 09:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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NicoDin
@Hoy Tired and ruined : ) joke

I prefer to call tis as living beyond your means for decays since 1970.

Now Mr. Fat cat Banker is knocking at the door and he wants to withdraw his money plus interest back.

What its fair, after all are we capitalist or not?

So cut, cut and when the economy become healthier again lets say into 10 of 15 years, Mr. Fat Cat Banker will start all over again.

: )
Oct 21st, 2010 - 10:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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JorgeARG
Not that I care british economy, but british people should take the streets like the french are doing. Europe governments are trying to solve the crisis with more of the IMF policy, that's a recipy for disaster.
Oct 21st, 2010 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
Argentina is living a beautiful lie! Our President is a muppet, and all she can do is say that we are better than the rest of the world, that our economy is the healthiest! What a joke, when our money is worth nothing. Galtieri did the same as she's doing today “We're winning, we're winning” lol. All these people JorgeARG, NicoDin worry about Europe's economy because they don't want to see the truth, and they feel they can preach about it and teach something lol, in a few weeks they will see.
Oct 21st, 2010 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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NicoDin
@xbarilox

OK thanks we’ve got your message Xbarilox we know that you don’t like the K’s and what you think.

But are you going to Spam us all the time with the some message?

Come on move I told you the place to do this is La Nación forum not here.

: )
Oct 21st, 2010 - 06:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
5 NicoDin , La nacion or El Mercurio de Santiago.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg apologise for broken promises

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/spending-review/8078454/Spending-review-David-Cameron-and-Nick-Clegg-apologise-for-broken-promises.html
Oct 21st, 2010 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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stick up your junta
Yes,courageous something the Argies cant be accused of

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/oecd-spending-cuts-courageous-14983707.html
Oct 21st, 2010 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
JorgeARG british people should take the streets like the french are doing. sadly my friend, this is something we just dont do, yes we have had rionts, but this kind of thing is a no go. and the goverment knows it,
perhaps thats why we keep getting conned, a bit like argentina isnt it.
Oct 21st, 2010 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
Stick, You found something positive about this majors cuts in Belfast Telegraph? OMG.
Oct 21st, 2010 - 11:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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NicoDin
@ Marcos Alejandro

Yeah I was seeing the protest on the streets seems Cameron would need the service of Clarin to change the reality at least on the TV, because BBC won’t be enough.

: ) haha.

@stick up your junta

Haha we know more of this than the whole world mate.

80bn cut is nothing in the deficit of UK.

Just a sample UK has a trade deficit of 126bn/years imports more than exports.

How is going to finance this UK? Yeap more borrowing and the party goes on.

Britain is more in trouble of what it seems has to cut down it public debts and trade deficits what it is the mother of the whole problem.

Cut, cut, cut this is just the start to make feel people use to the pain will go through next 10 years.
Do you know how to cook a living Frog?
If you put the Frog suddenly to hot water the animal reacts and jumps.
But if you put the Frog in cool water and start to heat the water slowly the poor animal gets cooked.

And guess who is the Frog in my tale?
Oct 22nd, 2010 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hoytred
So, NiceButGettingDimmer, please now explain why the UK still retains its AAA rating and Argentina hasn't got anywhere near one?

Also explain how the UK will struggle to cope with 2-3% inflation whereas Argentina will have no problem with 33%?

Also please explain, why you talk through your arse all the time?
Oct 22nd, 2010 - 01:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
@ Hoytred #11
NicoDin, Marcos Alejandro and JorgeARG, these individuals work for the government, they call themselves “bloggers k”, and they also receive a weekly payment for doing this “job”. Hoytred, don't waste your time with them, they're worthless. You just can't imagine how corrupt the government of Argentina is. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is a scum bag, and an embarrasment.
Oct 22nd, 2010 - 01:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
12 xbarilox ,“ NicoDin, Marcos Alejandro and JorgeARG, these individuals work for the government”
Did you accidentaly get my check? Please mail it back to me :-)
Oct 22nd, 2010 - 03:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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stick up your junta
Nicotine
When we get as deep in the shit as you feel free to give advice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_economic_crisis_(1999%E2%80%932002)
Oct 22nd, 2010 - 09:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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NicoDin
@ xbarilox

And you forgot CIA and ex KGB too mate.

Why you bunch of morons (Cyber Soutos) hired by Clarin and Duhalde are everywhere infecting every forum and blog with your political posts.

“In April 2010, Souto has been accused after by a media investigation of providing services to the Clarin media group with his firm “La Ese” of on-line smearing of the Cristina Kirchner government by the posting of fake comments on newspaper web sites, using an army of contracted employees who allegedly post comments around the clock, using wireless modems. “

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Souto#Criticism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Souto#Criticism and your boss with Menen.

Friend of Menen and the ’90 nasty corrupts boys.

Please make us a favour and get lost.

@ stick up your junta

OK next year perhaps?
Oct 24th, 2010 - 01:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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stick up your junta
OK next year perhaps

Shit rolls down hill Nicotine :-)
Oct 24th, 2010 - 08:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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