The Hall of Fire

eborr wrote:not the Liam Burne line again -

THAT WAS A JOKE

Of course it was a joke, but it was based on a sound understanding of the dire state of the public finances.

The fact that he making a joke does not alter that.

It seems that what you are propounding is that any economy that collapses that is, even nominally, "socialist", then socialism is to blame (even when socialist policies are not being followed), but any government that isn't socialist that collapses is... sorry, I really don't know what ar...

Perhaps some clarification of what you mean by "socialist" would help, as I find your ascribing of the term confusing... :) PS And, of course, the huge defecits are not just a feature of the UK. You explain the record US defecits by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Wasn't the UK involved...

The Labour and Co-operative Party of Great Britain who have, by the confession of their outgoing Chief Secretary to the Treasury run out of money. Dear Chief Secretary, I am afraid there is no money. Kind Regards - and good Luck! Liam Of course you think the'yre all tories, I find your ascribing of ...

Actualy the UK government was running a deficit long before the crsis hit. From about 2001 they'd added about £200bn to the official debt, let alone the off the books PFI stuff. The deficits are not just because of the bank crisis, that's just what Labour want you to beleive. The government is only ...

Like the socialist George Bush did in America? Or the socialist Brian Cowen in Eire? And the fat cat bankers are letting their belts out to the next notch because of socialist Labour? But of course... :rofl: They are making hay lending money to the Goverments to fund the huge deficits. That's what ...

TJust a further note on the big tories deficit lie, figures released today show that Government is having to borrow less this Jan that was expected, this is interesting for two reasons, firstly it removes the justification for the scale of cuts that Govt are imposing, and secondly since much of the...

Of course they were Tories, in the mould of Thatcherism! Back door privatisation, PFI, courting the stinking rich, widening of social inequalities; Thatcherism to the core, with a wash of pink to disguise it. :) Your disappointment with Phony Tony is deluding you. To adapt Neil Kinnock, what we hav...

Aravar, I agree with you. Labour should receive the blame for ditching their pronciples and implementing the policies of the preceding Conservative governments. Thatcher Tories became Major Tories became Blair Tories. Now we have "Call me Dave"/Clegg Tories. It seems the main problem is.....

The tax credit system was silly. but it was a response to the prevailing social problems which had been created by the Thatcher/Major administration which led a massive decrease in social housing, which was a contributory factor to the huge rise in both house prices and rental values, and also to t...

How do you get a tax take of £9,240 eborr? Earner 1 £23,000 Personal allowance £6475 Income tax 20% of £16,525 = £3,305 NI 11% on everything above £5720, ie £17,280 = £1900 Total tax & NI £5205 Earner 2 £10,000 Personal allowance £6475 Income tax 20% of £3,525 = £705 NI 11% on everything above £...

I'll third what yovargas and mahima just said. EDIT to add, if I can lawfully get stuff completely free I will, at present what prevents me from doing so is that it is unlawful. I understand the argument to the extent that the various entertainment companies sould not be too heavy handed in enforcem...

I think the quantity of books given away free is a red herring. As Gaiman says, you can walk into a Library and pick up any of his books for free (legally). You can also download any of them off the internet for free (illegally). The question then becomes about the practical difference between thos...

Some of you may know that the Lib-Dems made much noise about the improper claims some MPS made on expences. Unfortunately they were not as clean as they might have been, for example Mr Clegg purchased and furnished a home in his constituency, at a cost to the tax payer of 84,000. He promised that o...

I don't know who I would put at the top. I am not sure that Lord Bingham has featured so much in judgments in my field: it is more Lords Hoffman, Goff and and Browne-Wilkinson. I haven't read the book, you've reminded me of its existence and I will try to get hold of it. The rule of law is fundament...

. Third, as for eborr's comment on law: I disagree with the practice of allowing people who have not formally studied law to practice it after some practical training. Although that practice is rare in the United States, it exists both in Virginia and California. I'm rather sorry to discover it her...

Higher Education has been traditionally wholly or largely funded through general taxation. That we should have health and education delivered at the point of need is part of the social compact that was agreed at the end of the 2nd world war. However parlous our state we are not as badly off as we w...

Wilma wrote:. I am sort of thinking this is a major test for the impartiality UK court system now in light of the fact that we know other countries can influence domestic court decisions.

What, exactly, are you referring to?

I had recorded it and watched the whole series over the weekend. I enjoyed it and especially thought the acting was good. I'd never read the book and came away from the TV series thinking that it probably had a lot more depth to it. I may give it a try.

nerdanel, I'm afraid that I read the ECHR decisions pretty infrequently, so I've never had to reconcile any conflicts. My practice is mainly property based and the only ECHR decision I've read in any detail recently is Pye v. UK (arising from the HL decision in Pye v. Graham) on limitation periods r...