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Tory post election plans?

StevieJ
StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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in Debate House Prices & the Economy
A speech by Osbourne, BTW George not Ozzie icon7.gif outlining his thoughts.

http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2009/06/George_Osborne_A_New_British_Economic_Model.aspx
'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher

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  • Mozette
    Mozette Posts: 2,247 Forumite
    Tory post election plans?

    Probably a great big booze up?
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    A speech by Osbourne, BTW George not Ozzie icon7.gif outlining his thoughts.

    http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2009/06/George_Osborne_A_New_British_Economic_Model.aspx

    Hmmm.

    Decrease Government consumption and private consumption in the hope that business investment investment plugs the gap. It needs doing but it won't be pretty. And presumably once again the Tories will carry the can for fixing the Labour Government's mistakes.
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    Bird house building & exports worldwide?

    Moat dredging?

    Barclays directorships?
    Not Again
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Hmmm.

    Decrease Government consumption and private consumption in the hope that business investment investment plugs the gap. It needs doing but it won't be pretty. And presumably once again the Tories will carry the can for fixing the Labour Government's mistakes.


    Ummmmmmmm think of all that coal revenue...
    Not Again
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    so the conservatives will have three objectives...

    1. the short term-
    will deal with the budget deficit

    i.e. spending cuts and tax rises

    2. medium term: shift from debt to savings

    presumably this means compulsory savings and/or huge increase in interest rates to discourage debts and/or direct control of bank lending

    3. refocus from short term gains to long term gains

    presumably this means micro-managing company policies, acquisitions, investment policies and company remuneration policies etc...

    well certainly very interesting....back to basics , back to 1970's
  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    The Tories first act of government will be to bend us all over and achieve penetration.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Treadmill wrote: »
    The Tories first act of government will be to bend us all over and achieve penetration.

    Well Labour already did it to your kids by borrowing huge sums of money on their behalf.
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