"Don't wreck the recovery" pleads Brown!!

[smartie]

http://itn.co.uk/74c86bab0b6a4f28219a343563b8028d....

Which receovery would this be then? The one we were best placed to come out of first of the one from the downturn we were never in as you'd solved boom & bust economies??!!

[Oakey]

Didn't you know? The recession is over, Gordon said so:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...

[69 coupe]

Pot, fooking Kettle!! Master Brown pretty much did that all by himself.
The fooking twaaat

[grumbledoak]

He is shameless. The tosser put us in this situation, and in all likelihood won't be PM when someone else tries to clear up his Socialist inspired economic disaster. And he's asking us not to wreck the economy?

[anonymous-user]

Someone just shoot him please, roll on the election! I cannot believe he has been allowed to stay in power so long ?

[Oakey]

grumbledoak said:

He is shameless. The tosser put us in this situation, and in all likelihood won't be PM when someone else tries to clear up his Socialist inspired economic disaster. And he's asking us not to wreck the economy?

I like how he implies by voting for someone else we'll be wrecking the economy.

When all else fails, guilt people into doing what you want.

[anonymous-user]

I genuinely believe he thinks he's telling the truth.

He has total belief in this nonsense. Great to see him move away from Tony Blairs middle ground and concentrate on the old class war politics again. That'll be the end of him.

[Asterix]

Was this the thing where he siad that we were in for a decade of hardship and misery?

Wonder why that is then!

[WhoseGeneration]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

One where he has never had to be truly responsible for balancing a budget.
Whether private or public.
He comes from the "old" Left, one that really doesn't understand the process of wealth creation. One that believes wealth redistribution is merely about tax and benefits.
Rremember, current hopes are on the "Green" technology, creating jobs.
Which it wont.
Only leaves the Public Sector then?
Oops, once more are we not hearing about greater efficiency here?
All nonsense spin.
Not that I believe any other Party can chart a course for the UK.

[Northern Munkee]

It would be nice to think (though I think it is just fanciful wishful propaganda) that in the same way Labour inherited an economy that had begun to turn in 1997 from Major's government, that ran out of time before the electorate realised it had turned, or had forgiven the tories for) CMD would be inheriting an economy that they could benefit from it.

Unfortunately there's clearly such a hole in the public finances that we may not yet have really suffered the real pain yet. After all there is no prospect of both economic growth and/or a fiscal surplus Nulabour squandered on their post 97 spending spree and grand social experiment, any time soon.

After all we're already seeing leaks of, and/or scaremongering by the Daily Wail, that we (motorists, like we don't vote!) are going to be clobbered as part (and it can only be a small part) to plugging the hole in the public spending, and there's sure to be an emergency budget not matter what colour gets returned.

[kiteless]

I think we all need to re-wind 30 years:

[WhoseGeneration]

kiteless said:

I think we all need to re-wind 30 years:

No, we need to consider the next 30 years and ask how the promises to the growing UK population can be fulfilled.
What will pay for the social provision?

[groucho]

Oakey said:

Didn't you know? The recession is over, Gordon said so:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...

Isn't he himself one of the 'priviledged few'?

[WhoseGeneration]

groucho said:

Oakey said:

Didn't you know? The recession is over, Gordon said so:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...

Isn't he himself one of the 'priviledged few'?

To an outside observer, probably yes.
In his mind, no.
That though always is the case with "Leaders".
Our, as the "led", burden, through history.

Edited by WhoseGeneration on Wednesday 30th December 20:51

[thinfourth2]

digimeistter said:

Someone just shoot him please,

Well he did say "don't wreck the recovery" and shooting him might just be one way

So basically winky just said:

Please shoot me

[Jimbeaux]

WhoseGeneration said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

One where he has never had to be truly responsible for balancing a budget.
Whether private or public.
He comes from the "old" Left, one that really doesn't understand the process of wealth creation. One that believes wealth redistribution is merely about tax and benefits.
Rremember, current hopes are on the "Green" technology, creating jobs.
Which it wont.
Only leaves the Public Sector then?
Oops, once more are we not hearing about greater efficiency here?
All nonsense spin.
Not that I believe any other Party can chart a course for the UK.

That "green technology creating jobs" is a favorite tagline of Lord Obama over here. God help us.

[WhoseGeneration]

Jimbeaux said:

That "green technology creating jobs" is a favorite tagline of Lord Obama over here. God help us.

I want fusion powered cars and 'planes.
I doubt that is the aim.
So, what do they mean?
Do they know?
Who advises them?

[blueg33]

This rarely happens but...words fail me

[Jimbeaux]

WhoseGeneration said:

Jimbeaux said:

That "green technology creating jobs" is a favorite tagline of Lord Obama over here. God help us.

I want fusion powered cars and 'planes.
I doubt that is the aim.
So, what do they mean?
Do they know?
Who advises them?

Short sighted activists straight out of the ivory towers of academia, certainly not anyone remotely associated with the realities of commerce.

[WhoseGeneration]

Jimbeaux said:

Short sighted activists straight out of the ivory towers of academia, certainly not anyone remotely associated with the realities of commerce.

Maybe they should look to others in Academia, those engaged in Science, Engineering and the applications of those disciplines?
I do think there are opportunities for more efficient use of resources but do not believe that the current thrust is in the correct direction.
The danger is, as most here are aware, is of the West crippling itself with "Greenness", whilst the East carries on much as before, to greater profit.