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Britain faces the worst recession in history says Tessa Jowell.
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Keep talking about how bad the economy is, get people really frightened, make it seem worse than it really is, then when the apocalypse does not come to pass claim that our policies have saved the day.
Maybe under different circumstances, but no, not this time.
Unless we've all been lied to about the collapse of the banking system, and the trillions being put into the economy is for another purpose?0 -
I can't find any mention of this on the bbc news site... strange that.
Look harder!
The Tories have seized on comments from Olympics minister Tessa Jowell that Britain is facing a recession "deeper than any that we have known".
They say her comments in a BBC interview contradict the chancellor's claim that the UK economy would return to growth in the second half of 2009.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said it was a "stunning admission of the true disaster" facing Britain.
Ms Jowell later accused him of the "politics of the playground".
Her comments came on BBC Two's Daily Politics programme when she was asked about the 2012 Olympics' £9.325bn budget, at a time when Britain is expected to go into recession.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7784718.stm...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
This is all part of the Labour plan, worse the economy gets better their poll ratings get.
This is a fact check the option polls since Aug-Sept to last week.
Its madness, suicide chess with wthe UK Ecomony.
I suppose that this indicates that people accept that things are going to get a lot tougher whichever shade of government we have.
The current question is probably more about "Who would you rather have in charge when the murky stuff really hits the fan - a guy who probably cares enough to try and stop you freezing and starving or a guy who probably only gives a toss about his rich friends" I offer this as a possible explanation for the opinion poll results. Whichever way you cut it, if I was under a blanket in a shop doorway, I would rather have Brown around than Cameron because I sense that Brown would try to help my plight and that Cameron would walk on by whilst spitting on me and calling the police to remove me. Probably not strictly accurate but if my gut feeling is taking me in that direction then I reckon others may feel that way too. Once you are under the blanket in the doorway, how you got there becomes less important than how you get out of that situation. Yes, it could happen to me. I do not have the relative safety net of having dependant children or being regarded as a vulnerable person.0 -
I think this country's damned.full stop.I don't like the Conservatives but I like Brown and his cronies even less.Having been through several recessions in my lifetime(and surviving them unscathed) I've seen the signs of this one coming for a long while and prepared for it the best I can but the way things are starting to unfold I'm becoming just a tad bit nervous myself.0
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It's very sad what's happening to this country. It also makes me angry when New Labour blame the "global" recession. It's either that or they blame what they inherited from the Conservative government of the early 90s.
CCTV cameras everywhere, ID cards that the public don't want, etc. also lead me to think they're not just incompetent but also rather sinister.0 -
Paulgonnabedebtfree wrote: »I suppose that this indicates that people accept that things are going to get a lot tougher whichever shade of government we have.
The current question is probably more about "Who would you rather have in charge when the murky stuff really hits the fan - a guy who probably cares enough to try and stop you freezing and starving or a guy who probably only gives a toss about his rich friends" I offer this as a possible explanation for the opinion poll results. Whichever way you cut it, if I was under a blanket in a shop doorway, I would rather have Brown around than Cameron because I sense that Brown would try to help my plight and that Cameron would walk on by whilst spitting on me and calling the police to remove me. Probably not strictly accurate but if my gut feeling is taking me in that direction then I reckon others may feel that way too. Once you are under the blanket in the doorway, how you got there becomes less important than how you get out of that situation. Yes, it could happen to me. I do not have the relative safety net of having dependant children or being regarded as a vulnerable person.
My experience of labour education policies leads me to expect that if I were under a blanket in a doorway, Brown et al would spend lots of money paying people to count people in doorways and devise means of measuring success of meeting targets about people in doorways etc. They would make the numbers add up to a success by some highly artificial and irrelevant criterion, and be all self-satisfied about it. All the time they'd fail to notice that the relevant social workers (or whoever) would be too busy form filling to have the time or resources to help me get out of my doorway - either for my own sake or so that I could be a productive member of society again.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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My experience of labour education policies leads me to expect that if I were under a blanket in a doorway, Brown et al would spend lots of money paying people to count people in doorways and devise means of measuring success of meeting targets about people in doorways etc. They would make the numbers add up to a success by some highly artificial and irrelevant criterion, and be all self-satisfied about it. All the time they'd fail to notice that the relevant social workers (or whoever) would be too busy form filling to have the time or resources to help me get out of my doorway - either for my own sake or so that I could be a productive member of society again.
Thgat's probably more accurate than my assessment. Made me smile too
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