The northerners are moaning....

[hyperD]

Absolutely bigger cuts to come. I would have thought the £ would improve more on the announcements, but it appears the cuts weren't big enough to hit the traders wet zone.

I'm not sure that graph from the HM Treasury includes liabilities such as PFI and public sector pensions.

So Cat Stevens was wrong - the first cut is not the deepest.

Once again, the dolesucking partisan monkeytwats that voted for the red team have caused us another ten years of misery and austerity.

Thanks.

[moorfield]

Once again, the dolesucking partisan monkeytwats that voted for the red team have caused us another ten years of misery and austerity.

They were warned in 1997.

[Sysman]

Tell 'em to get on their bikes!

It worked for me in the eighties.

But, um, I was nearly thirty years younger, and a plane rather than a bike was needed to reach escape velocity.

[threaded]

Tell 'em to get on their bikes!

It worked for me in the eighties.

But, um, I was nearly thirty years younger, and a plane rather than a bike was needed to reach escape velocity.

Much the same here, saw that a big grin was going to get in: time to escape.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Much the same here, saw that a big grin was going to get in: time to escape.

Aye.

[Doggy Styles]

Aye.

Aye

But I came back. Europe was still full of Germans. So much for winning the bloody war.

[Churchill]

Aye

But I came back. Europe was still full of Germans. So much for winning the bloody war.

WHS.

[lukemg]

We can't afford the over inflated public service with no checks and balances - it only ever gets bigger and every new person is a pension timebomb, money isn't invested for their pensions, they will be paid out of the government of the days resources.
It's a shambles and as for strikes - go ahead please !! The impact will be negligable for a considerable length of time and there will be a nice reduction in the wage bill !!
Labour trying to provide a valid response - it would be the funniest thing ever if the country wasn't bankrupt...

[Sysman]

Aye

But I came back. Europe was still full of Germans. So much for winning the bloody war.

I made the mistake of going back when it seemed that Thatcher had the economy back on the rails. Did well for a few years then regretted it, and it took a few more years to escape again.

[Gonzo]

Well I have some sympathy for the Northeners. There are no private sector jobs for them to go to. And not everyone can be an entrepreneur.
The problem is that the national cake (how Britain pays its way) is simply not large enough.

Tell 'em to get on their bikes!

200 or so years ago, their ancestors moved in large numbers from a subsistence living in the countryside into the better paid jobs that the industrial revolution created. Why are the current lot not prepared to adapt?