Someone talking sense

[Gonzo]

Back to the OP, Major is right on this.

The UK is in a hole, bold measures are needed to get out of it, noone seems to have faced up (publicly anyway) to this.

[Cyberman]

Back to the OP, Major is right on this.

The UK is in a hole, bold measures are needed to get out of it, noone seems to have faced up (publicly anyway) to this.

Labour will never take any bold measures that would upset unions who are their paymasters. People may grasp this fact one day.

Just look at how they backed down on modernisation of public sector pensions in 2005 as soon as the unions started to threaten militant action.

[minestrone]

When he introduced the TESSA in 1990 he stated that the amount of consumer debt was worrying and that he wanted to give the public more options in investing money. And people still think Labour winning in '97 was a good thing.

[oracleslave]

Labour will never take any bold measures that would upset unions who are their paymasters. People may grasp this fact one day.

Just look at how they backed down on modernisation of public sector pensions in 2005 as soon as the unions started to threaten militant action.

I thought the thread title would have precluded you from posting

[Not So Wise]

It is possible that history has been "revised" in the interim without me looking but wasn't he a bit of a national embarrassment when Prime Minister?

His party at the time was an embarrassment (to long in power) he on the other hand was pretty good at his job but quite boring.

And sadly being good but boring is not a vote winner, better to be crap at your job while being a good rabble rouser with tons of sound bites and spin (Blair)

Unfortunately for us Brown is not only boring but also crap at his job (and his previous one as well), plus side though is his chances of getting re-elected because of this are pretty much zero.

Though sadly Cameron just seems like Blair under a different party