Do you trust the Labour government to get us out of the financial hole we're in?

The Manager · 20-01-2009, 23:29

Labour government Seem to have lost the PLOT !!

Do you trust labour to sort this england of ours out? or is it time for them to go?

and can anyone else do any better anyway?

im just fed up with this government now

happyhippy · 20-01-2009, 23:30

Anything in particular? Why only England?

Fareast · 21-01-2009, 03:43

In answer to the O.P. question : - No, Nix, Never, No chance, Not on your life, Not a cat in Hell 's chance, Never in this world, Not a hope, Not a prayer, No flippin' way, Not on your Nelly or our Nelly, Wot ! that lot ?

More chance if they resurrected Stafford Cripps.

upinwath · 21-01-2009, 06:51

No boom and bust. Yep, I believe them.

This has been on the cards for ages but the new labour hope was that the tories came to power before the "borrow it and don't worry about paying back" fell apart.
It was always going to drop dead.

anarchist · 21-01-2009, 07:15

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Originally Posted by upinwath

No boom and bust. Yep, I believe them.

This has been on the cards for ages but the new labour hope was that the tories came to power before the "borrow it and don't worry about paying back" fell apart.
It was always going to drop dead.

Brown did get away from boom and bust. There was never any boom. We are certainly bust now though.
The problem is that they keep digging the hole that we are in deeper, and before long the sides are going to collapse burying the lot of us.

Tripitaka · 21-01-2009, 07:32

Allowing Broon and this Government to look after the economy of this country is akin to organising your childrens birthday party at the local sex offenders hostel with a rohypnol jelly and ice cream for starters

There is just one big problem and that is the Tories have no idea what to do with the economy either.

Vince Cable with the Lib Dems has a proven track record in business has a PHD in economics and was chief economist for Shell (and no I am not affiliated with the Lib Dems in any way) and probably has more of an idea how to get us out of the mess than most, but even so, we probably are not going to see much of a recovery for at least a year and then we are going to be hit with higher taxes.

cruxtilIdie · 21-01-2009, 07:47

I wouldn't trust any of them to run a bath never mind a country..........

The Manager · 21-01-2009, 23:01

MODS keep changing my titles of threads

(yes i know before you say it mods- go to the helpdesk , then get no where

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The Manager · 21-01-2009, 23:04

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Originally Posted by Fareast

In answer to the O.P. question : - No, Nix, Never, No chance, Not on your life, Not a cat in Hell 's chance, Never in this world, Not a hope, Not a prayer, No flippin' way, Not on your Nelly or our Nelly, Wot ! that lot ?

More chance if they resurrected Stafford Cripps.

so your answer is no then

lobster · 21-01-2009, 23:04

they have got a track record of this sort of thing , attlee ,wilson , dennis healey . ever time they are in power there seems to be a financial crisis

MR BENN · 21-01-2009, 23:25

in one word -NO

Longcol · 21-01-2009, 23:35

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Originally Posted by lobster

they have got a track record of this sort of thing , attlee ,wilson , dennis healey . ever time they are in power there seems to be a financial crisis

Hmmm - The Barber Boom triggering record inflation in the 1970's, monetarism triggering record unemployment in the 80's, shadowing the euro leading to record interest rates in the 90's - whenever the Tories are in we seem to have a financial crisis.

MR BENN · 21-01-2009, 23:55

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Originally Posted by Longcol

Hmmm - The Barber Boom triggering record inflation in the 1970's, monetarism triggering record unemployment in the 80's, shadowing the euro leading to record interest rates in the 90's - whenever the Tories are in we seem to have a financial crisis.

what ever happened to screaming Lord Sutch when we needed him . i always voted for the Monster Raving Loonys .

El Robbo · 21-01-2009, 23:57

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Originally Posted by Tripitaka

Vince Cable with the Lib Dems has a proven track record in business has a PHD in economics and was chief economist for Shell (and no I am not affiliated with the Lib Dems in any way) and probably has more of an idea how to get us out of the mess than most, but even so, we probably are not going to see much of a recovery for at least a year and then we are going to be hit with higher taxes.

Cable and Clegg are both contributors to the Orange Book, which is about the liberalisation of economic policies advocating a less restricted market which...err...all sounds horribly familiar when you compare it to the Tories and Labour economic policies.

They are not a radical alternative, they're just a very slightly watered down version of the status quo.

Scutts · 22-01-2009, 06:29

in one word -YES

espadrille · 22-01-2009, 06:35

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Originally Posted by masonsarmsfc

Labour government Seem to have lost the PLOT !!

Do you trust labour to sort this england of ours out? or is it time for them to go?

and can anyone else do any better anyway?

im just fed up with this government now

I am fed up with politics in general.I havent seen anyone yet to inspire me.Nick Clegg comes the closest with his policies.

Tricky · 22-01-2009, 08:54

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Originally Posted by El Robbo

Cable and Clegg are both contributors to the Orange Book, which is about the liberalisation of economic policies advocating a less restricted market which...err...all sounds horribly familiar when you compare it to the Tories and Labour economic policies.

They are not a radical alternative, they're just a very slightly watered down version of the status quo.

No-one needs to be 'radical', they just need to have the bottle to take some difficult and unpopular decisions and to show some understanding of the actions that got us here and the actions that can get us out.

There's no evidence that the current Govt meet any of those criteria. The picture's far from rosy with the other two parties but at least they're not hamstrung by trying to patch up a broken legacy.

Urien · 22-01-2009, 09:13

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Originally Posted by masonsarmsfc

Labour government Seem to have lost the PLOT !!

Do you trust labour to sort this england of ours out? or is it time for them to go?

and can anyone else do any better anyway?

im just fed up with this government now

No.

Every Labour government, as history has shown, is a recipe for financial chaos.

The time for them to go was after their first term in office when it had become abundantly clear that Tony Blair was just a weasel dressed in the new Messiah's clothing.

As for this England of ours - Labour are, and have been all along, determined to turn it into a multicultural ghetto/theme-park.

marshlad · 22-01-2009, 10:25

No I don't trust them. Labour governments always end in financial disaster. This recession is worse than the 80's because jobs are going in all sectors not just manufacturing. Labour should have regulated the banks when they first got elected but they were more interested in banning fox hunting and and legalising gay 'marriage'. Labour governments have always been big on social policies but have no idea when it comes to economics, their idea is to tax and spend. The Tories weren't perfect but they left a strong economy and Labour have blown it.

Berberis · 22-01-2009, 10:42

Look at it this way. Would you trust a ship’s captain who had: Sold all the lifeboats (GB selling our gold reserves against the advice of the bank of England). Denied There was an iceberg in the horizon (No return to boom and bust), then said the good ship HMS UK was tough enough to withstand it (UK Economy well placed to weather the financial storm while the world bank says UK will be harder hit than the EU). Then when the ship is sinking the Captain says he has a cunning plan on how to get us out of trouble.

Gordon Brown simply took the credit for the economic strength left by the Tory's, then when the money ran out he sold our gold reserves. He is not a prudent financial mind. He is nothing more than a fraud and a liar. He deserves to be run out of no.10.

Anyone else in my mind, even a Lib Dem .. Just let’s get this idiot out of power!