Quote Originally Posted by alh_p View Post
True, I pulled the Godwin, but it was in response to you bandying "Stalinist" around with the same level of consideration as the usual lesser-spotted Godwin, often seen grazing in these forums.
To be fair, I think the "Stalinist" comment was more to do with the Labour method of centralised numbers-led organisation. I'm afraid that form of planning is correct;ly labelised "Stalinist" in a technical sense, irrc, Labour even goes so far as to have, "five year plans".

I don't think Rory actually intended to go as far as to suggest that Labour is the Politburo of Communist Russia.

Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
Except for the post-war Labour government. They turned the country round from being utterly bankrupt, to fuelling the 1950's boom in just 6 years.
And what did they use for that? massive loans from America, that we only paid off a few years ago.