A guest or host on RT might only be
talking about austerity cuts in Britain, or inequality in the United States, and their remarks might be full of truth, goodness and beauty.
He talks to Greg
about austerity in Ireland, how US economic policy has affected Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world as well as how the various political parties in Ireland have mishandled the economic crisis.
Dublin's campaign to ratify the eurozone fiscal discipline pact is failing to build momentum against a backdrop of weakening economic growth and a wider European
debate about austerity, with almost one - in - five Irish voters still undecided.
Then Gavin Barwell, the Croydon Central Tory MP, who asks a thoroughly loyal
question about austerity and welfare benefits.
There was a lot from the debate in tabloids at that time about Greece and Germany,
about austerity cut - backs.
While the Chinese government has engaged in a high - profile crackdown on corruption, Pitman says it's
mostly about austerity when it comes to high - profile examples of improper spending by officials.
We heard
nothing about austerity, despite Phillip Hammond claiming at the weekend that the government is «hearing the message».
The gap between stated aims and actual distribution of the austerity can be seen e.g. in Cameron
speaking about austerity from a golden throne.
In the first, its leader chose not to consult the party which was very
divided about his austerity programme, and chose to go into coalition with the Tories and Liberals.
There have been growing calls from Tory MPs to consider higher taxes to fund struggling hospitals, with many concerned that
anger about austerity contributed to the party losing its majority in 2017.
As the Bank of England downgrades its growth forecast for the UK economy, Economics Editor Faisal Islam writes that Mervyn King's
assessment about austerity and consumer confidence is music to the coalition's ears.
Senior author Dr David Stuckler from the University of Oxford said: «The Greek government - along with their European partners — appears to have been in
denial about austerity's severe impact on health.
Absent QE, who's going to argue the underlying economy wouldn't still be in the shitter... That's why the US is right & Europe's
wrong about austerity — it's the last thing either economy needs right now.
If, say,
questions about austerity or the regulation of banks are in the public eye, different ideologies will try to win the debate by appealing to the virtues of private enterprise, or to the need for public transparency and accountability, or to the greater redistribution of wealth.
The Conservatives talk
about austerity and hint at difficult decisions ahead, but Mr Cameron still pretends that the state is so flabby it can be whipped into shape without too much pain.
In fact, if we count up all the barrels every other tin pot explorer's now claiming in offshore Ireland — well Jaysus, soon Ireland can forget
all about austerity & start rolling in clover oil instead!
Labour will want to talk
about austerity, fiscal unfairness and degraded public services but the Brexit process is the pretext under which the election has been called and is crowding out most other topics of discussion.