Our Problem??

[VectraMan]

We got the government we voted for (if not the leader).

I didn't vote for them. In fact, most of the people didn't vote for them.

[Scary]

I didn't vote for them. In fact, most of the people didn't vote for them.

But more of those who voted voted for them than for the other lot.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

I didn't vote for them. In fact, most of the people didn't vote for them.

Same as in almost every election.

In fact, the Labour vote in 1997 was more than the Conservative vote by 12.5% of the total vote.

By contract, in 1979 (to take an example at random), the Conservative vote was more than the Labour vote by only 7.0% of the total vote.

Therefore the election of Labour in 1997 was substantially more legitimate than the election of Thatcher in 1979. QED.

[Spacecadet]

No more boom and bust

Just bust

[BrilloPad]

If you dont like it then leave.

Given the chance I would.

[Scary]

If you dont like it then leave.

Given the chance I would.

Given the chance? Everyone is free to come and go. Particularly easy within the EU (there may be language barriers, but many mainland Europe dev teams are international and English speaking).

[Doggy Styles]

What's all this about global recession? Why are we the last country to come out of it?

Gordon Brown has spent 12 years buggering up the UK economy.

Running an increasing deficit during the 'good times' is the financial equivalent of cutting off your own balls on your wedding night.

And removing proper supervision of the banks is equivalent to throwing the first-aid kit out of the window.

We can't even trade our way out of recession. Can anyone tell me how much manufacturing has dropped as a proportion of GDP under Blair/Brown, compared to under Thatcher/Major? Labour like to keep that quiet.

So most of what we have left to sell is financial services, and now Brown wants to punish them. He is a prize idiot.