[Livia]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Books were pretty balanced tbh before the global recession. Also banking crash would have hit us even harder had the Tories been in at the time as they actually wanted less regulation on the banks.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...s-8601390.html



It gets rather annoying seeing Labour be blamed for something that happened worldwide. As if Labour are that powerful

Only real criticism I have of Labour is the war. And thats not even a labour thing, its a Blair thing. And Blairs 'New Labour' was closer to the tories than anything tbh. Labour is finally left again IMO. Other criticism thinking about it is not building more social housing, as thats caused a lot of the problems we have today. Selling off council houses (hen not replacing them) was ridiculous, though not sure which party actually started that.

But Labour can't balance the books, generally. They get in, they overspend... they're voted out and the Tories get in... the Tories balance they make cuts and try to get spending under control... then Labour get in and spend all the money again. It's a never ending cycle.

And yeah, I have to agree that Thatcher's idea to sell off council houses was one in a long line of bad moves... and not replacing those that were sold was an even worse move.