tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post1392657432730698245..comments2024-03-19T05:54:16.651+00:00Comments on mainly macro: When National Interest and Party Advantage ConflictMainly Macrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984575852247982901noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-65652267973575168322014-11-11T07:36:37.314+00:002014-11-11T07:36:37.314+00:00There is a full bar close to the entrance area, so...There is a full bar close to the entrance area, so we were covered there too. 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Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453060744510427275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-24904753806054676972013-01-25T09:28:40.867+00:002013-01-25T09:28:40.867+00:00Your exactly an example why this discussion always...Your exactly an example why this discussion always end in disaster. So see it in a wider context and look in the mirror.Riknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-28970435234998091772013-01-24T16:17:34.068+00:002013-01-24T16:17:34.068+00:00Although I accept your point that there's more...Although I accept your point that there's more to issues such as immigration and the EU than the purely economic, I'm not sure about "uneducated groups of people coming to the UK, very likely ending up on welfare and with crime stats several times that of the locals" and I'd be grateful if you could direct me to the evidence for this assertion.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-63107241389314124072013-01-24T14:37:58.756+00:002013-01-24T14:37:58.756+00:00The first mistake you make is that you assume that...The first mistake you make is that you assume that the most important issue for a government always is the economy.<br />The second basically assuming that politicians are there only for their voters or the wellbeing of the general public. Maybe it should be that way, but it isnot.<br /><br />Both EU and immigration are issues that have a lot of other dimensions than economical ones. Further complicated by the fact that effectively for the UK (and most other countries) both have been terribly managed the last couple of decades. <br />The EU was managed without looking how specific matters would play out at local level and if they had a platform in the local population. Immigration was complete out of control, what should have been long term policies were nevertheless changed every other year; not or at least not properly enforced; assumed that dysfunctional groups with a bit of schooling and social assistance would catch up within a few years time; people having questionmarks on all this labelled racists etc. <br /><br />Your look at things look rather naive. Just to give an example. You make immigration equal to companies hiring well trained staff not available in the UK. It is that of course, but it is also uneducated groups of people coming to the UK, very likely ending up on welfare and with crime stats several times that of the locals. It is both (and a lot more, some positive some negative). Like you focus on the first group others focus on the latter. And politicians likely pick the group that fits them best.<br /><br />Reason why I for instance am very relauctant in giving powers to technical panels/authorities that go further than their own expertise. By being focused on your specialism you (and basically all specialist groups) miss a lot of other things or see them as of minor importance, while in practice they are not. <br /><br />Osborne acts that way very likely because he assumes that a majority of voters (or of his voter potential) care about the other things more than on the economy.<br />The EU policies can be seen as simply damage limitation. In the way that if nothing would be done somewhere there would have been a referendum or similar most likely leading to a full exit with a low degree of structure in it, doing much more harm than what is happening now.<br />Immigration is the main worry (next to the economy) for the UK voter. Good or bad, people worry and politicians act on that. Riknoreply@blogger.com