Why we are not Greece.

[centurian]

Unlike Greece our accounts are accurate and every prediction for growth, borrowing etc Darling has made (and which has been abused as wildly optimistic) has been virtually spot on.

Darling has only made a few. I notice you forgot to mention the accuracy of the predictions that Brown made in the preceeding 10 years...

[centurian]

They are all PFI schemes so the country has paid nothing up front but is committed to paying out for them, whether they are needed or not, for another couple of decades.

And PFI's aren't included in government debt figures. Off the books borrowing...

Any idiot can build a new school/hospital etc. It's paying for it that the hard part.

[TimberWolf]

You don't hear Gordon mentioning his golden rules so much these days.

[cojak]

Piece of advise to Gordo.

in a close run election don't label your hardcore voters 'bigots'

At least not while you're still mic'ed up...


HTH

[BlasterBates]

For those of you who understand German:

Pfund-Krise: "Die Totenglocke wird gel

...according to them the UK isn't Greece, oh no


It's worse than that...

[threaded]

For those of you who understand German:

Pfund-Krise: "Die Totenglocke wird gel

...according to them the UK isn't Greece, oh no


It's worse than that...

I was just about to say that...

[suityou01]

I was just about to say that...

Panic not. FTSE up 0.18%.

Thanks Gordon