tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post2655528630765297404..comments2023-09-13T10:20:17.068+01:00Comments on punkscience: Tim Leunig is a fucking idiotpunksciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-83593603795649506382016-12-14T11:55:38.266+00:002016-12-14T11:55:38.266+00:00Decentralisation would of course require the NE to...Decentralisation would of course require the NE to take one fiscal responsibility for itself. If you want subsidies from Whitehall, then you must obey the Whitehall piper. Oldsoul_NotQuitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374914454270642590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-9110725080449506612016-12-14T11:54:25.168+00:002016-12-14T11:54:25.168+00:00People are free to stay in the North as long as th...People are free to stay in the North as long as they don't expect their existence to be subsidised by the national taxpayer. Less moaning would be nice too. <br /><br />The SE is not overcrowded, there is plenty of land and resources to grow upon. Bad gov policy restricts growth and should be changed.<br /><br />Brother Leunig is correct. There is no intrinsic connection between the volk and Oldsoul_NotQuitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374914454270642590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-33896848028721538992008-08-15T00:32:00.000+01:002008-08-15T00:32:00.000+01:00Kevin: That's a really good point and its the one ...Kevin: That's a really good point and its the one bit that I agree with. Decentralisation is heavily evidenced to produce better value for money than centralised diktat. (I kind of alluded to this in my post.)<BR/><BR/>I read that and made a mental note to make a statement affirming my feeling. Then I got caught up ranting at James and forgot. My bad.punksciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-82825410957811108642008-08-15T00:13:00.000+01:002008-08-15T00:13:00.000+01:00Take it you completely missed the part in the repo...Take it you completely missed the part in the report that suggested central government's regeneration cash be diverted to fund local authorities directly so that money can actually be spent on local priorities for local people. So local councils would be better funded without wasting money on art centres and this type of thing - think how much better Sunderland would be if the £1bn spent on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-45829793397431635882008-08-14T23:37:00.000+01:002008-08-14T23:37:00.000+01:00Joe, I really don't care if you enjoyed university...Joe, I really don't care if you enjoyed university or not. You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"<I>He realises that some people do not WANT to move, and should not be forced to, but that they should be able to.</I>"<BR/><BR/>So, what is stopping intranational economic migration right now? Do enlighten me because I wasn't aware of any law forbidding people from the North looking for work down South.<BR/><BR/>"<I>punksciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-42539234072116076102008-08-14T16:25:00.000+01:002008-08-14T16:25:00.000+01:00Punk Science - don't you think you should respond ...Punk Science - don't you think you should respond with your own arguments rather than making ad hominem attacks on someone you've never met! Think about it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-41397493737195096242008-08-14T16:00:00.000+01:002008-08-14T16:00:00.000+01:00Tim was my teacher at LSE as well, friends from ot...Tim was my teacher at LSE as well, friends from other courses would come to his lecture just for the enjoyment of it! He is NOT saying that people MUST move, but they should if wealth is their primar aim. <BR/>I remember in a 1st year course he told us why he hadn't moved to the US, because of his family. He realises that some people do not WANT to move, and should not be forced to, but that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-45339422011018986312008-08-14T15:32:00.001+01:002008-08-14T15:32:00.001+01:00Alex, you destroyed your own argument:"I just thin...Alex, you destroyed your own argument:<BR/><BR/>"<I>I just think a national debate is needed over priorites, and if priorities are to reduce income inequalities then Leuning and co's ideas make danm good sence [sic]</I>"<BR/><BR/>Plus I don't hold US society as any sort of model to be emulated, thank you very fucking much.<BR/><BR/>James, fair enough. That doesn't make him any less of an idiot punksciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322481220029985750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-85632186103870854122008-08-14T14:56:00.000+01:002008-08-14T14:56:00.000+01:00Tim Leunig was my teacher at the LSE and you could...Tim Leunig was my teacher at the LSE and you couldn't wish for:<BR/><BR/>a) a better teacher<BR/><BR/>b) a nicer blokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32328319.post-74168906207607072992008-08-14T11:45:00.000+01:002008-08-14T11:45:00.000+01:00Leunig and co are right - he is telling why this d...Leunig and co are right - he is telling why this decline will continue as the shift of trade and the type of trade is based on what the South has to offer- just read the report!<BR/>I am so dissapointed that everybody wants to continue hidding behind regeneration policies. Leunig and co's remit was "What is the faster way of increasing the income of the poor people up north?" and the fastest and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com