UK's borrowing requirements (warning X rated - not for faint hearted )

[BlasterBates]

I think commentators are right when they say UK's public sector borrowing is currently not that high.

But just look where its going:

Britain's borrowing requirements

[ratewhore]

Is that graph upside down?

No?

Bugger...

[Doggy Styles]

Have we won back our title of Sick Man of Europe? It's been 30 years and I've missed it.

[MPwannadecentincome]

oh good I'm expecting some dollars to come to my bank account and the exchange rate when it hits will be in my favour!

[DimPrawn]

Gordon Brown said awhile back that the UK was best placed within the G7 to weather a recession.

So I'm not worried.

[HairyArsedBloke]

As Guido said yesterday, "over £14 million an hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

[Solidec]

Always a fan of market oracle. Author stays out of politics and just reports on the finances, which is a pleasant alternative to most of the mianstream media.

£3.5 trillion is indeed a frakking SCARY number, and to be frank its unmanageable, if we EVER got anywhere near that figure, Britain would be bankrupt, there really is no way out of that amount of debt.

I will be leaving my foreign assets as are, and NOT investing in anything Sterling for the time being, infact may well open a dollar and a euro account and keep ALL spare cash reserves ou of sterling.

[Cyberman]

Look at those unfunded public sector pension liabilities. That is the biggest chunk of all and shows massive negligence by New Lie.

[Bagpuss]

I don't know what he said but I expect it was

Northern Rock, Winter of discontent, Not under Maggie, Interest rates should be 0%. My pension is big, my house has gone up 10% slurp slurp

oh and

[BrilloPad]

I don't know what he said but I expect it was

Northern Rock, Winter of discontent, Not under Maggie, Interest rates should be 0%. My pension is big, my house has gone up 10% slurp slurp

oh and

You peeked didn't you!