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Chancellor Alistair Darling leaves No.11 Downing Street

Cannon_Fodder
Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
From the BBC ticker;

BUDGET:

Chancellor Alistair Darling leaves No.11 Downing Street



Oh damn, its not for good...just on his way, giving himself an hour and a half, as he might get lost...
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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    Coming back to collect his personal possessions later.
    Not Again
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Chancellor Alistair Darling leaves No.11 Downing Street

    Lemme guess !!!

    Did he have a red briefcase, and did he hold it up for the cameras ???
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    What are the odds on an 'austerity budget'? (ie cutting Govt spending in the face of a recession.
  • dervish
    dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
    500 Posts
    purch wrote: »
    Lemme guess !!!

    Did he have a red briefcase, and did he hold it up for the cameras ???

    Reminds me of that rather risque joke by Neil Clary about 'fisting' and Gordon Lamont having a red box... :eek: ;)
  • RabbitMad
    RabbitMad Posts: 2,069 Forumite
    Cannon_Fodder wrote: »
    as he might get lost...

    Well he does have to nip next door to find out what to say ...
  • Jonbvn
    Jonbvn Posts: 5,562 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    He is raising tax on the highest paid to 50pc from April next year. That's an increase from the 45pc already planned, and a year early. It will also apply to people who earn more than £100,000, not £150,000.
    In case you hadn't already worked it out - the entire global financial system is predicated on the assumption that you're an idiot:cool:
  • SingleSue
    SingleSue Posts: 11,718 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 22 April 2009 at 1:43PM
    Ok, he has just announced about an extra £100 for disabled children into their trust funds....I assume these are the same trust funds that were brought in only a few years ago and not for those who are still children but were born before the trust funds were brought in.

    Or am I missing some important info here?

    Very confused here now.....

    Edit - Just looked it up, my severely disabled youngest son was born 4 years too late and my moderately disabled middle son 5 and a half years too late.
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • tomterm8
    tomterm8 Posts: 5,892 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    purch wrote: »
    Lemme guess !!!

    Did he have a red briefcase, and did he hold it up for the cameras ???

    Yeah.

    Apparently, the shinny new one box Crash Gordon bought with his equity withdrawl in 1998 has been reposessed, so it's back to the old box.
    “The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens
  • Rochdale_Pioneers
    Rochdale_Pioneers Posts: 2,469 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    tomterm8 wrote: »
    Yeah.

    Apparently, the shinny new one box Crash Gordon bought with his equity withdrawl in 1998 has been reposessed, so it's back to the old box.

    What equity withdrawal in 1998? Back then we were in higher levels of inherited debt which he spent the first 4 years paying off. The big government spending which I assume you are referring to didn't happen until the 2nd term.
  • Cannon_Fodder
    Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    some people just can't see a decent house price joke, any more...

    "equity" was the clue.
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