Reply to: Labour only four points behind now in the polls

[Doggy Styles]

They have also always been proven to be best equippped to take us into a recession.

They have indeed - which makes me wonder why voters believe they would be different this time...

Hang on, why am I laughing? It's quite serious isn't it.

[Cyberman]

I'm surprised they are behind at all. I can't tell if their decisions are good or bad, but making big bold moves certainly gives Joe Public the impression of a government that is at least taking action, which is a plus when he previously views politics a mess of bureaucracy and red tape.

We all make bold moves when we are desperate!! Unfortunately, these bold moves are too late because they dithered for a year after the liquidity issues with the Rock. Another 5 years of HMG and we will be bankrupt, but the majority live in blissful uneducated ignorance.

[Cyberman]

And the nation thinks they are best equipped to run the country in the recession.

Unbelievable.

They have also always been proven to be best equippped to take us into a recession.

[BrilloPad]

Sorry, at what point did I say I approved of Labour? Are you too stupid to be able to consider how other people might think? It is possible to put your personal bias aside and talk about the facts you know. I've never stated my personal political views on CUK... you have no idea what they are.

But we have been monitoring your email.......

[d000hg]

Speechless.

I hope Labour do get in and you and morons like you end up on the streets eating dog excrement.

Sorry, at what point did I say I approved of Labour? Are you too stupid to be able to consider how other people might think? It is possible to put your personal bias aside and talk about the facts you know. I've never stated my personal political views on CUK... you have no idea what they are.

[Mich the Tester]

Wasnt that thatcher's idea?

No. Thatcher's idea was that if Britain continued to borrow money to support loss making industries and out of control public spending, eventually the country would go bust. She perhaps went a bit far, closing some pits which could have stayed profitable, and sometimes her choices seemed as much idealogical as economic; a lot of people who lost their jobs could have been helped more effectively. However, she was working with the
knowledge avaiable at the time, and it's easy in hindsight to say what she should have done better.

[Pickle2]

Speechless.

I hope Labour do get in and you and morons like you end up on the streets eating dog excrement.

Wasnt that thatcher's idea?

[DimPrawn]

I'm surprised they are behind at all. I can't tell if their decisions are good or bad, but making big bold moves certainly gives Joe Public the impression of a government that is at least taking action, which is a plus when he previously views politics a mess of bureaucracy and red tape.

Speechless.

I hope Labour do get in and you and morons like you end up on the streets eating dog excrement.

[Doggy Styles]

This country needs to make some hard choices soon, like spending cuts and even (short-term) tax rises. Trouble is we don't want to make them. The British electorate has its hands in its collective ears singing "la la la I'm not listening..."

I believe that is absolutely true.

People felt comfortable during Brown's borrowing boom, so they like his attempts to restart it. Sod the fact that it will just make the situation worse.

We really do have one fecked up economy.

[d000hg]

I'm surprised they are behind at all. I can't tell if their decisions are good or bad, but making big bold moves certainly gives Joe Public the impression of a government that is at least taking action, which is a plus when he previously views politics a mess of bureaucracy and red tape.

[Purple Dalek]

Well, as long as the tories don't get in. It's OK with me.

[Mich the Tester]

I'm only trying to fix the mess made by stupid Americans hooked on cheap debt.

The UK has just about the same debt to GDP ratio as the US, Mr Brown.

[Gordon Brown]

I'm only trying to fix the mess made by stupid Americans hooked on cheap debt. None of it is my fault. I'm the hero, not the villain here.

[Mich the Tester]

This country needs to make some hard choices soon, like spending cuts and even (short-term) tax rises. Trouble is we don't want to make them. The British electorate has its hands in its collective ears singing "la la la I'm not listening..."

You could go for public spending cuts AND tax cuts.

[swamp]

This country needs to make some hard choices soon, like spending cuts and even (short-term) tax rises. Trouble is we don't want to make them. The British electorate has its hands in its collective ears singing "la la la I'm not listening..."