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Originally Posted by Livia

Yes the recession was global, but Labour undoubtedly compounded the problem by the hopelessly mismanaged cluster-******* (look it up) they allude to as "the economy". Even Labour themselves admit that they messed up and added to the problems, but some of their supporters continue to be in denial and absolve Labour of all responsibility of their mishandling the economy with the cry "it was a global recession"... and that's kind of scary.

Gordon Brown, economist extraordinaire, sold our entire gold reserves at the lowest price Gold had been for decades. Just one instance of their total ineptitude... I could go on but you'd probably gloss over it. Ed Miliband, the man who shafted his own brother to get his job, was instrumental in Brown's Treasury, and now he's in charge of the whole party. Either he's learned an awful lot in three years, or Labour will drag us into the same spiral that's been recurring for decades: Labour get in and spend the money leaving the economy in ruins, Tories take over and the economy improves, Labour get in again and spends all the money... etc. etc. etc.

This, sorry you'd already covered what I've just said.