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Wed Jan-07-04 09:13 AM
Response to Reply #17 |
| -Blair: I'll take Britain into euro by 2007 |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-07-04 02:47 AM |
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A lot would have to change for Blair to win a referendum on this. |
rjbcar27 |
Jan-07-04 03:32 AM |
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Hey Priscilla," take the Poodle out" |
saigon68 |
Jan-07-04 03:53 AM |
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Nah |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 03:59 AM |
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El Presidente |
Nihil |
Jan-07-04 04:55 AM |
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Grrr, it would be easier if I stopped thinking. |
rjbcar27 |
Jan-07-04 05:35 AM |
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Expanding university education is one of the greatest things Blair wants.. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:05 AM |
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What's wrong with university education for all? |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 09:06 AM |
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The US gives a university education to 50% of highschool graduates |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:07 AM |
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Agreed |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 09:13 AM |
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Another brilliant thing about Blair's plan: |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:15 AM |
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It's about quality and access |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 09:28 AM |
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Perhaps you've deepy absorbed the class system in a way you don't |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:37 AM |
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You may be right |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 09:54 AM |
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Education is about opportunity, not ability. And society should be equal.. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:05 AM |
#26 |
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Fully agreed |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 10:09 AM |
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50% is what the US has today and it's not enough. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:12 AM |
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Are those people |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 10:19 AM |
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The more education you have, the more likely you vote Democratic. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:30 AM |
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Opportunity is a process, not a point in time. |
westman |
Jan-08-04 10:11 AM |
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Except you don't |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 10:11 AM |
#29 |
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Oxbridge |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 10:13 AM |
#31 |
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Variable level fees? |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:19 AM |
#35 |
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Grrr |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 10:29 AM |
#38 |
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I didn't say they didn't. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:32 AM |
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No, relatively few working class kids go to Oxford and Cambridge |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 10:38 AM |
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Over half are from state schools |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 10:54 AM |
#42 |
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Well, no |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 11:36 AM |
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that would be A levels, not O levels |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jan-07-04 12:34 PM |
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O-Levels and destiny. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 01:24 PM |
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It's about 41-43% that go to Uni (nt) |
Monkey see Monkey Do |
Jan-07-04 03:00 PM |
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In the UK? |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:07 PM |
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"Currently, 43 per cent of school-leavers go on to university" |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jan-08-04 05:19 AM |
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So Blair only wants to bump that up 25%? |
AP |
Jan-08-04 11:57 AM |
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Denial |
lordwhorfin |
Jan-08-04 11:01 AM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jan-08-04 11:23 AM |
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You say I'm wrong because you work with 75 UK partners? |
AP |
Jan-08-04 11:46 AM |
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Well here's a paper by Charles Clarke |
Monkey see Monkey Do |
Jan-08-04 12:59 PM |
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America decided as much in the 50s. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:15 AM |
#32 |
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A little anti-Democratic sentiment? |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 10:08 AM |
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I'll have to do some reading |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 10:16 AM |
#33 |
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Professors do move for academic reasons. Research money is shamefully |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:29 AM |
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Too true. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:22 AM |
#36 |
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Nonsense |
lordwhorfin |
Jan-08-04 11:06 AM |
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what's wrong with the euro rjbcar27 ? |
Flagg |
Jan-07-04 05:47 AM |
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One thing entering the Euro will do is |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:09 AM |
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The Euro is a corporate currency |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-07-04 12:15 PM |
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Please explain |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 12:24 PM |
#47 |
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From the article |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-07-04 12:28 PM |
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What do you think the US is run by? The pound is subservient to the dollar |
AP |
Jan-07-04 01:27 PM |
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The idea of Europe being regulation-free |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 02:33 PM |
#55 |
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Have another read of the article |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-08-04 02:31 AM |
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big business doesn't need the Euro to dominate. They'll dominate anyway. |
AP |
Jan-08-04 09:45 AM |
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Yer Wot??? |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-08-04 10:58 AM |
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I know. I just disagree. |
AP |
Jan-08-04 12:21 PM |
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It's not that you disagree, it's that you distort. |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-09-04 02:30 AM |
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I believe the progressives (like Anna Lind) in Sweden SUPPORTED the Euro |
AP |
Jan-09-04 02:37 AM |
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Hmm |
aneerkoinos |
Jan-09-04 11:23 AM |
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Once again, a pound that is, de facto, subservient to the dollar is less |
AP |
Jan-07-04 01:26 PM |
#52 |
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Nonsense |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-08-04 02:27 AM |
#66 |
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The problem with the ERM was fighting the market |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jan-08-04 05:25 AM |
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The US is trying to force a global recession today, regardless of Euro. |
AP |
Jan-08-04 09:47 AM |
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Ah, the counterbalance argument. |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-08-04 10:46 AM |
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Dean, Clark, whoever |
aneerkoinos |
Jan-08-04 11:23 AM |
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All the same |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-08-04 11:26 AM |
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The counterbalance argument always makes sense... |
AP |
Jan-08-04 07:20 PM |
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I'll bite Flagg |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-07-04 12:21 PM |
#46 |
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So you're holding out for the right |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jan-07-04 07:29 AM |
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No |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 07:33 AM |
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They are already controlled by police forces |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jan-07-04 07:49 AM |
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Have you ever dealt |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 08:01 AM |
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This sounds like a job for ANGLE GRINDER MAN |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-07-04 12:24 PM |
#48 |
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No, the Euro is a good thing |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 09:00 AM |
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I'm no Europhobe |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 09:05 AM |
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At this point, Britain has no control |
mobuto |
Jan-07-04 09:11 AM |
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agreed. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:13 AM |
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Hold up |
Spentastic |
Jan-07-04 09:33 AM |
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Britain doesn't have effective control of monetary policy today. DC has |
AP |
Jan-07-04 09:12 AM |
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No |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-07-04 12:05 PM |
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'92. Those were great days, what with Bush I screwing up world economies. |
AP |
Jan-07-04 10:11 PM |
#58 |
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Er yes |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jan-08-04 02:40 AM |
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Free floating? It's going up now because Bush wants a soft dollar |
AP |
Jan-08-04 09:49 AM |
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Hello from Germany, |
Dirk39 |
Jan-07-04 10:40 PM |
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Euro or no Euro, Europe is in danger of becoming a corporotocracy |
AP |
Jan-07-04 11:17 PM |
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You're right about the current situation, |
Dirk39 |
Jan-07-04 11:36 PM |
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That's were the democracy deficit comes into play. |
AP |
Jan-08-04 09:51 AM |
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why EU |
aneerkoinos |
Jan-08-04 11:53 AM |
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Is he still gonna be around by 2007??? |
goforit |
Jan-07-04 02:12 PM |
#54 |
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I see this as Tony |
realpolitik |
Jan-07-04 10:22 PM |
#59 |
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So how is he going to do this from jail? |
leesa |
Jan-07-04 10:49 PM |
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If Marx would still be alive, he might have said somehting like... |
Dirk39 |
Jan-07-04 10:53 PM |
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So airstrip one will not be part of Oceania? |
bemildred |
Jan-07-04 11:13 PM |
#63 |
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