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Gerard Killen
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Gerard Killen
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Gerard Killen

@Gedk

Scottish Labour and Co-operative candidate for Rutherglen & Hamilton West in 2017 General Election. Councillor for Rutherglen Central & North.

Joined February 2009

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    1. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @Gedk

      and you'd tax the lowest earners, whilst we race head long in to a recession, have you any idea how damaging that is?

      1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
    2. Gerard Killen‏ @Gedk 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @shocker38

      not the lowest earners. We would tax to invest in public services, the SNP would cut the services instead. Classic left v right

      1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @Gedk

      you do know they advocated to borrow more instead of increasing taxes on the lowest earners. Something Corbyn is now talking about

      1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Gerard Killen‏ @Gedk 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @shocker38

      yes SNP and Labour's position was practically identical in 2015. But they lied and told people we'd cut billions. Then they cut.

      1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @Gedk

      no it wasn't, they claimed they'd lower the deficit from day one, they wanted to clamp down of tax evasion

      2 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Gerard Killen‏ @Gedk 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @shocker38

      the SNP planned to cut the deficit too. IFS reported plans were virtually the same.

      1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @Gedk

      the IFS missed a 5 year figure off their report. Labour's was a projection of what they thought they could achieve while SNP was a

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    8. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @shocker38 @Gedk

      solid commitment to borrow

      2 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Gerard Killen‏ @Gedk 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @shocker38

      same as labour.

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    10. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @Gedk

      there was no commitment to increasing borrowing by labour, they couldn't stomach actually saying it to the public

      1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      Gerard Killen‏ @Gedk 25 Jul 2016
      Replying to @shocker38

      you really didn't understand the SNPs planspic.twitter.com/gttz4kNe4g

      10:02 am - 25 Jul 2016
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        2. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
          Replying to @Gedk

          a cut in the deficit as a share to the GDP, that happens naturally when you grow the economy

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        3. Steven‏ @shocker38 25 Jul 2016
          Replying to @shocker38 @Gedk

          and the IFS missed the year 5 figure for some reason which didn't give a accurate analysis

          0 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
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