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Come Inside... => The Commons => Topic started by: Miss Demeanour on October 19, 2010, 06:48:46 PM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/liberaldemocrats/8073943/Danny-Alexander-reveals-500000-job-cuts-in-document-gaffe.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/liberaldemocrats/8073943/Danny-Alexander-reveals-500000-job-cuts-in-document-gaffe.html)
Danny Alexander unintentionally revealed that the coalition expects 500,000 public sector jobs to be lost as a result of the drastic spending cuts when he was photographed holding a private document.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who has been nicknamed Beaker after the Muppets character, was snapped by photographers driving into Whitehall with an open copy of the Comprehensive Spending Review on his lap.
...Cynics have claimed the gaffes may have been orchestrated to soften the blow ahead of announcements.
Soften the blow, have a laugh noooo: noooo: noooo:
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Oh dear... (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-hug002.gif&hash=dd07268eedfb2d9fac9db277b404d7999d588895) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
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The Frogs are rioting in the streets (about the pension age rising to 62 ::)) . Here we shall sit in caffs and make tutting noises noooo:
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Apparently they have buckled on not taking away Child Benefit for 16-19 yr olds rubschin:
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Only half a million public sector jobs? Not enough.
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The Frogs are rioting in the streets (about the pension age rising to 62 ::)) . Here we shall sit in caffs and make tutting noises noooo:
One of my neighbours (French), same age as me and now retired on a French pension divides her time between London, Paris and the Ardèche surrender: Just in time I guess.