How long will the government blame the previous government and the deficit?

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It seems every Tory/coalition politician uses the line "because of the deficit we inherited from the previous government" for the answer to every question about our economy. How long do you think they can keep using that argument for?
 
It's not that difficult is it TBH. I was a young kid during the lights on for only three days a week and then an adult when that **** sold all the gold at below market price.


But that aside I tire of how we as a nation speed far too much time blaming him/her/them/those and don't just knuckle down and join forces and sort the country out. Once I see one slimey looking rag blame another slimey looking rag I really do start to loose interest.
 
Five years?

Haha, yeah thats about right. You would like to think at some stage the governments "plans" and "cuts" will start to show its benefits, be interested to see how long they continue to blame the others if their plans don't work.
 
Until Labour learn to leave office without leaving a financial mess time and again?
 
How long do you think they can keep using that argument for?

till it stops being true. we should stop spending money we dont have only provide what we can pay for.

i for one think it should be mandatory for every government to balance the books and stop running up these ridiculous amounts of debt.


people may want labour back in but i couldn't bring myself to vote for that dribbling idiot ed millband i just cant take him seriously as a human being let alone a party leader
 
yep, they'll blame labour until they (hopefully) turn things around then they'll be singing their own praises...
 
Till it's paid off?
 
If someone steals your credit card and racks up a massive debt by recklessly spending, (pretend for now that any legal frameworks that would likely insure you against the losses don't come into play) how long until you stop blaming them for the hit in your lifestyle until you've paid it back - or at least got it to a manageable level?

Anyone remember the "joke" on the treasury desk - "There's no money left, sorry!". Who left that note, and why? If that's not a stunning indictment of the Scorched Earth policy of the last days of New Labour, and the joy they took in leaving the mess they'd made to the "Evil Tories" to sort out, then I don't know what will convince you.
 
... that dribbling idiot ed millband i just cant take him seriously as a human being let alone a party leader
Yes, in his own words, it beggars belief :)
 
It's a never ending cycle
 
all goverments throughout the world should only be allowed to spend what they take in.
 
shoestring25 said:
all goverments throughout the world should only be allowed to spend what they take in.

And be restricted on what they can take in!!
 
I'm rather amused that most of those who don't think the government can blame Labour for the mess we are in still blame Thatcher for so many things.

It's been a record week for Irony on AVF.
 
sidicks said:
And be restricted on what they can take in!!

I miss the good ol' days when the top rate was 40%
 
dc8900 said:
I miss the good ol' days when the top rate was 40%

LGS misses the good old' days when it was 83%...
 
Until they grow some balls and reign the banks in by re regulating what should never have been de regulated.
Until they move away from financial services and more to manufacturing.

But I suspect they will just use this excuse to keep doing what they have always done and set the country up for another fall in 15 or so years time..
 
Until they grow some balls and reign the banks in by re regulating what should never have been de regulated.
Until they move away from financial services and more to manufacturing.

But I suspect they will just use this excuse to keep doing what they have always done and set the country up for another fall in 15 or so years time..

Come on Bishi, you can do better than that tired jive.
 
The next century by the looks of it :p
 
Anyone remember the "joke" on the treasury desk - "There's no money left, sorry!". Who left that note, and why? If that's not a stunning indictment of the Scorched Earth policy of the last days of New Labour, and the joy they took in leaving the mess they'd made to the "Evil Tories" to sort out, then I don't know what will convince you.

That was Liam Byrne the outgoing Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury (the No 2 position in HMT)

The Daily Telegraph said:
Labour's warning to new Government: 'there's no money left'

The former chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, left a note in a desk stating, ''I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left,'' his successor has claimed.

Mr Byrne insisted the message was meant as a private joke

His pithy summary of the serious challenges facing the new power-sharing administration was revealed by Liberal Democrat David Laws, who has taken on the role.

Speaking at a press conference at the Treasury, he told reporters: ''When I arrived at my desk on the very first day as Chief Secretary, I found a letter from the previous chief secretary to give me some advice, I assumed, on how I conduct myself over the months ahead.

''Unfortunately, when I opened it, it was a one-sentence letter which simply said 'Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left', which was honest but slightly less helpful advice than I had been expecting,''

Mr Byrne insisted the message was meant as a private joke.
"My letter was a joke, from one Chief Secretary to another," he said. "I do hope David Laws' sense of humour wasn't another casualty of the coalition deal."

Labour's warning to new Government: 'there's no money left' - Telegraph

And something from The Guardian about that bloke (I never did like him):

The Guardian said:
Byrne's notes have caused bemusement before. When he was promoted to the cabinet in 2008, he gave officials a set of instructions entitled Working with Liam Byrne, which included the lines: "Coffee/Lunch. I'm addicted to coffee. I like a cappuccino when I come in, an espresso at 3pm and soup at 12.30-1pm ... If I see things that are not of acceptable quality, I will blame you."

Ex-Treasury secretary Liam Byrne's note to his successor: there's no money left | Politics | guardian.co.uk
 
I'm rather amused that most of those who don't think the government can blame Labour for the mess we are in still blame Thatcher for so many things.

It's been a record week for Irony on AVF.

:thumbsup::smashin: Spot on...
 

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