Housing Benefit is a subsidy to fat cat buy to let landlords. If it were abolished totally rental prices would crash through the floor. You have to question why Labour and the left oppose the limiting of this benefit. Either they all have a nice fat property portfolios or more likely they have no first clue about the most basic economic fundamentals.
The last Labour governments handling of the economy being another prime example of this.
Is Diane Abbott a racist? I have no idea but she has a history of making such comments
Is what Diane Abbott said racist? No not really
Do I give two hoots? No not really
Is what Diane Abbot said racist under the laws that she and other left wing PC types voted for? Absofeckinglutely and that is why she should be sanctioned for it.
Unlike the Tories who are very quick to get shot of a failed leader Labour are the exact opposite they are too loyal. Anyone but a dyed in the wool Labour voter can see that Milliband will never win an election but he will be their leader in 2015.
The only thing these people have accomplished is to close St Pauls for the first time since the war and stopping pilgrims going in to pray.
"I'm a Marxist you see , not something Russia ever really had much to do with"
stagger_lee
Marxism advocates the single most inefficient economic system ever invented by man nor beast and every time it has ever been attempted the people live in misery, poverty and in fear of the state.
All UK laws come from the EU, the USA manages an upper house of 100 and lower house of 435. Basically the UK needs to kick out all the Lords and 400 MP's.
Plenty of economists saw the crash coming and plenty of rich folk sold their assets before the crap hit the fan. As for the 50p tax rate, first it is just plain immoral for the state to take half of anyones income, second it raises next to no revenue at all and lastly it already means that multi national corporations are forming new departments or new teams in other countries rather than here.
It is a symbolic envy tax that raises no revenue at all.