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Originally Posted by Merry Kizzmas

It's not an excuse though..
There was a worldwide recession.
What about the eurozone crisis, is that an excuse?
Have you seen the cuts faced by Ireland today in the Guardian?

Yes I acknowledged that, my point is that there being a worldwide recession didn't mean it was inevitable that our economy would be in as bad a state as it was or that it was completely out of our own hands, Labour are not blame free