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We weren’t talking about the 1920s boom and bust, were we? You said the New Deal created the prosperity of the USA which is simply not true - there was a massive recession in the middle of his tenure and frankly, had war broke out in 1941 rather than 1939, the New Deal experiment could’ve been...

The state has grown and austerity effectively ended in 2017. Cuts in ‘real terms’ are not really cuts, it means the rises in expenditure didn’t match inflation. Which isn’t always necessary. The furlough and COVID loan schemes and energy bill caps alone added massive amounts to public expenditure.

I’ve studied that period of history quite well and that’s an oversimplification. There was no prosperity in the USA until the WW2 and the war economy was in full flow. The USA was in recession until WW2 broke out and unemployment peaked in 1938 at around 19% and 39% of Americans polled in 1939...

Anyone wearing half and half shirts should be banned from all stadiums for life. As for half and half scarves, acceptable for children, adults should be banned.

Has anyone got any experience of using the finance option? I’m usually averse to taking stuff like this but with an expensive summer coming up, I’d like to spread the cost of a PL package tbh.

Totally worth it.

Was it a smooth process? Hoping to go to a neutral game when I’m in another host city England aren’t playing.

Well, whenever anyone talk about ‘x’ issue, your solution is more funding and more government ownership. What’s the logical conclusion of all this? Pretty sure you’re an avowed socialist too. Dw, it’s not a dirty word or a slur, but it’s an insight into your worldview and ideal society.

I don’t trust Viagogo after my experiences in Euro 2016. I got Wales v Russia tickets (Russia end), that was good. But my Poland v Portugal tickets were stolen because delivery was not signed for. PayPal had to get my money back which was around £320 for 2 tickets.

Meanwhile, government ownership and centralised economies with high tax and spend hasn’t been tried? If you want to rely on government, be my guest. I’ll live my live and you live yours, I don’t have a problem with that. Yet, you want to shout down people who think differently to you.

Since Godden scored 1 goal after September in the league so that’s pretty bad. Which, given our form was significantly better than Sheff Wednesday and that Windass is not primarily a striker, is pretty bad. Sheffield Wednesday’s form picked up after they hired Rohl so under a better manager...

Thank you for fixing the economy Wingy!

They deserve to be kicked out of government - I’ve never voted Tory. I’m pointing out that if you expect a new Labour government to be radical and promise big spending increases in public services, you’re going to be disappointed. Don’t believe me? See Wes Streeting’s comments on the NHS - he...

Co’mon Fern, you know full well it doesn’t mean literally run out of money. If the answer is to print more money, it’ll fuel inflation and interest rates. When interest rates nearly hit 6-7%, we were on the precipice of a mortgage and pension crisis and economic collapse. The BoE had to...

I guess we’re both stupid c**ts if we both voted Corbyn in 2019. As a principle, if you rely on government to fix all your problems and provide all of your needs, it’s a sure way to be a) disappointed and b) poorer. Dw, you’ll be calling Starmer a proto-Tory in 12 months when his future...

Who do you think buys government bonds? I have a suspicion you’re going to be left really disappointed when Labour win and admit the state can’t intervene everywhere and/or increase public expenditure significantly. With respect, Socialists have never had the best reputation for economic...

Well, we seen what happened when interest rates approach 6%… Genuine calls to support/bailout people with mortgages. Imagine what 7-10% would look like? A lot of people would lose their homes. Unfortunately, this is limiting what governments could do, left or right. If you want ‘unaccounted’...

Ironically, I think interest rates being normalised at historically low levels has damaged the economy. Cheap money has fuelled many people to live lives they can’t actually afford (e.g. in my last two jobs I’ve managed people with flashier cars than myself and my bosses). Hence personal debt...

51-49 is more or a less a draw. The reason I think Sunak ‘won’ was that Starmer was pretty stumped on the raising tax. Unless the tax issue resonates with voters it’s a minor debate point rather than a discrediting of a future Labour government.

In fairness, the ‘presidentialisation’ of politics has been driven by the electorate. Boris purged the Tories of non-believers at the last election and Labour had the done the same for this election. Increasingly, the party leader dominates the party.