Comments on: Strikes Poised to Cripple UK

By: Behind Blue Lines » Part of the Union

Behind Blue Lines » Part of the Union — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:43:42 +0000

[...] saw in the 1970s. Andrew Ian Dodge has written a couple of good posts on Pajamas Media in which he describes the rumbling. As matters get worse, expect more of the [...]

By: deguello

deguello — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:37:42 +0000

Hal:The Iranians will soon have nukes; so that point is moot.Besides, the ultimate weapon is the birth bomb.In Eurabia the muslims are vastly outbreeding the ethnic europeans,as more muslims continue to flood the US,thanks to our wonderful bi-partisan open borders policy.They will outbirth us too.The west is dying;turn it over it’s done!

By: Andrew Ian Dodge

Andrew Ian Dodge — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:41:59 +0000

They are certainly “more” friendly to the Labour than the Conservatives. Oh yes and there is the fact that the Labour Party is beholden to them for a lot of their funding. BTW it looks as if the firemen are going to strike.

By: scotgo

scotgo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:53:46 +0000

“Pleas from the Labour government, which is considered friendly to unions…”

Ahem! You really are stuck in a 1970s timewarp, aren’t you? The present Labour government is friendly to the unions in the same way that President Bush is ‘a true friend of the Iranian people’.

Also, the prospect of a snap election in the autumn is pure fantasy. However bad things get, an election can only occur before 2010 in one circumstance – if the incumbent Labour Prime Minister (whether Brown or someone else) chooses to call one. And turkeys do not vote for Christmas.

By: Cousin Dave

Cousin Dave — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:23:10 +0000

My personal theory on stagflation is that its fundemental cause is a drop in productivity. Since the natural state in a capitalist society is for productivity and efficiency to improve over time, producitivity drops are very noticable. And when productivity drops occur across a number of sectors, it’s nearly always because of the actions of government — almost nothing else is broad-based enough to cause it.

In the case of the stagflation that the USA experienced in the ’70s, the cause was a combination of tax increases and the increasing cost of regulatory compliance as thousands of pages of new environmental regulations were dumped on industry. Does anybody remember the cars of the ’70s, with their cumbersome pollution controls that made the cars run poorly and were frequently bypassed by disgusted owners? That was the ’70s economic and regulatory environment in a microcosm. We got lucky in that technology improved, as it always does, and the microprocessor came along in time to save the day, in the form of digital engine management systems. The same thing happened in other industries, plus when Reagan came along, there was a bit more rationality applied to the regulatory environment, and of course taxes were decreased significantly at that time. This is what got us out of the stagflation of the ’70s and set us up for a 2-1/2 decade long economic expansion.

We’re seeing a similar situation happening now. Government regulation has essentially prohibited development of new energy sources, which is the root cause of our current energy price increases. (It isn’t just drilling for oil either; the regulatory regime goes far beyond just that.) W’s Administration has unfortunately (with the help of the Supreme Court) allowed the cost of regulatory compliance to rise precipitously. And now a tax increase next year appears inevitable, since both candidates have expressed support for increases. We’re seeing the results of all this in the Dow Jones, at the gas pump, and at the grocery story. And, quite frankly, I do not see any end in sight.

By: Andrew Ian Dodge

Andrew Ian Dodge — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:32:38 +0000

There are voices that are standing up to the various Islamisation aspects n the UK. People like Melanie Philips are keeping a keen eye on things; as are bloggers. Fortunately people are not being prosecuted (yet) for being critical of the various PC pressures. Even St Bob Geldof is getting rather fed up with it all.

By: ChrisGreen

ChrisGreen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:03:02 +0000

Speaking from the USA, I sure hope the Britts can pull out of this. I have a lot of respect for the country and its history. I believe that if things get bad enough, they will have the guts necessary to make painful changes. As for the rest of Western and southern Europe, I’m not nearly so sympathetic or hopeful.

By: Hal

Hal — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:24:20 +0000

deguello:

“Let Islam take it.” I hope not. The UK has nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles to hit the USA.

By: deguello

deguello — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:53:06 +0000

Who cares? England like the rest of euroland,is a played out, bitter, moribund entity. I agree, that it makes a wonderful disneyland for the intellectually pretentious with its pre pc buildings, and (dying) traditions,but the spirit that created its art and culture has been killed by globalist capitalism, and its multicultural pc handmaiden. The Brits have allowed themselves to be disarmed, muzzled and culturally castraed;they are done.Le Islam take it.

By: ReCon USMC

ReCon USMC — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:13:19 +0000

The UK has many other problems as well .What is not mentioned was those nasty carbon credits The UK is rebelling against .The “”MOSLEM and clerics ” acting insanely wanting and getting Sharia laws in acted . Growing Welfare is killing formerly “Merry old England” .
England health Care is in shambles to name a few things .
Actually all of Europe is in same Dumpster .