| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Real Big Story : UK Economy continues to shrink under Gordon Brown | |
| Posted by: | Stewart Dean | |
| Date/Time: | 27/10/09 23:26:00 |
| “I tend to find it highly contemptable that you can blame the current world economic situation on the UK government.” "- He isn’t." Of course he is. He's bashing Labour because we're still not out of this recession or downturn or what ever you want to call it. --- “You could blame Labour for the current economic situation but I think you'd be missing the point by several miles.” "- True, from a global perspective. Any idea why the UK is in considerably worse a situation than most of its peers though?" Because of the deregulation promoted by the last Conservative government and left in place by Labour. The FSA largely patrolled the consumer end of things without interfering with the state of deregulation. That and a broader exposure to risk in general in the city brought on by a bonus culture. And as for... " - You seem to be advocating membership of the European Economic Area without even realising." Makes it sound like we're not members already. |