tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post5122698554079497350..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Some scoops are more equal than others Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-89681294244614610602017-07-18T00:37:12.848+01:002017-07-18T00:37:12.848+01:00I know McDonnell has said historic debt before. He...I know McDonnell has said historic debt before. He's going to pay for that the same way he says he'll pay for everything else: just ask the wealthiest few to pay just a little more in tax and/or borrowing and 'investing'. This is usually followed by the appeal to the OBR authority, which has said before that £1 invested yields £1 in return. Free money, obviously, and never mind what kind of 'investment' the OBR actually meant.<br /><br />And of course, the social 'sciences' and social justice studies contribute most to the country's wellbeing, current and future. How dare anyone suggest that not all degrees and areas of studies are equally valid and useful.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-92117150955790313212017-07-16T23:17:39.181+01:002017-07-16T23:17:39.181+01:00I certainly might be getting confused here!I certainly might be getting confused here!Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-39281999719648235362017-07-16T23:10:27.683+01:002017-07-16T23:10:27.683+01:00Are people getting confused between debt and histo...Are people getting confused between debt and historic debt? I think Labour have clarified that wiping out historic debt is an ambition - whereas removing future debt is a pledge.<br /><br />Personally I don't find it that crazy a pledge, out of all the Labour pledges. In fact I support it subject to <br />it only being applied to courses that are verified as contributing to the country's future wellbeing. <br /><br />Wiping out historic student debt would cost £100 billion. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23471927512905382302017-07-16T22:50:17.781+01:002017-07-16T22:50:17.781+01:00...and I bought into that too, given that so many ......and I bought into that too, given that so many young people (as per one of my links) seem to have failed to realise that it was merely an ambition. They appear to have thought it was real. Given how badly the Lib Dems' tuition fee pledge went after 2010, John McDonnell saying that it wasn't a promise or an immediate pledge could play badly with students. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-53327322410113471042017-07-16T22:23:04.296+01:002017-07-16T22:23:04.296+01:00Probably not, though plenty on the Right (includin...Probably not, though plenty on the Right (including in the media) think it's an absolute 'gotcha' moment, exposing contradictions and hypocrisy galore. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-41650040406672309742017-07-16T22:01:09.620+01:002017-07-16T22:01:09.620+01:00I thought everyone accepted that any of Corbyn/McD...I thought everyone accepted that any of Corbyn/McDonnell/Labour's economic campaign promises were simply ambitions and nobody thought it was real or they could pay for it. Despite McDonnell's silly catchall OBR defense, is it really a scoop when he says, well, maybe we can't do it straight away?David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.com