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cmdrfire:
I'm more scared to see Cameron in charge than I am relieved to see Brown out. Gordon was handed a time-bomb that I think he managed quite well.
I just hope that Nick Clegg manages to keep some control over the Conservatives - I can be cautiously optimistic about that. We might see some sense (although given the decision that's effectively been made by the Tories to keep Trident* and for the Libdems to "abstain" from that vote I'm not sure how much sense we will see).
But remember what the previous Conservative government did: gut the heart out of this country and leave everything in the hands of the City.
*Trident replacement is a waste of money. Who are we to deter? The Soviet bear? North Korea? I'd much rather see all the money go into the conventional forces, particularly the Army and the RN.
GTIjames:
handed a time bomb :confused:
was he not chancellor during tony blair's entire term as PM - if he spent more time on the economy in those last couple of years rather than being obsessed with becoming PM and feuding with Blair, he might of been in a better position when he was finally gifted the job - instead he wet his pants and failed miserably...
im looking on the positive side of things, I did not want a coalition before the election and was rather sceptical, though they seem to have put a competent team together swiftly enough.
hopefully labour will spend the next few months fighting over who will take over their joke of a party so the new government can crack on and try and turn this mess around :happy2:
cmdrfire:
How would we be in a better position? the recession happened because of Goldman Sachs and years of deregulation in both the US and the UK (admittedly continued by Gordon as chancellor, I'm not defending him, but I do think he handled the situation reasonably well). We could be in a much worse position; look at Greece, Spain, Ireland, or even the US for that matter.
Said time-bomb began when a bunch of quants on Wall Street figured out a way to make money for nothing (and your cheques for free).
Janner_Sy:
The MPs on their first cabinet session have all agreed to a 5% pay cut and pay freeze,
can you guess what is coming next.
VAT 20%
fuel tax will probably go up again
Poverty:
--- Quote from: cmdrfire on May 13, 2010, 04:10:09 pm ---How would we be in a better position? the recession happened because of Goldman Sachs and years of deregulation in both the US and the UK (admittedly continued by Gordon as chancellor, I'm not defending him, but I do think he handled the situation reasonably well). We could be in a much worse position; look at Greece, Spain, Ireland, or even the US for that matter.
Said time-bomb began when a bunch of quants on Wall Street figured out a way to make money for nothing (and your cheques for free).
--- End quote ---
even without the recession, and long before the recession there was alot of discontent with the current government, and the government spending was out of control aswell.
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