All hands on deck

[BlasterBates]

UK running out of money


Should the government introduce new measures to stop people running away?

Are people leaving the UK, deserters?

[Mich the Tester]

The snot goblin's going to have to go cap in hand to the IMF sooner or later, so he may as well do it now. Follow Iceland's example.

[gingerjedi]

UK running out of money


Should the government introduce new measures to stop people running away?

Are people leaving the UK, deserters?

They don't need to as anyone with a house as their biggest investment is trapped, moving to Europe has doubled in price over the last few months.

What about a new 'I'm backing Britain' campaign? Would anyone on here work for nothing? ....silly question.

[Mich the Tester]

Face the facts. Britain is bankrupt. It’s been bankrupted by the combination of Labour tax and spend policies and a culture of backward, chavlike materialism that makes every Tom, Dick and Harry think that the world owes him a SUV, a detached mock tudor house and a Rolex Oyster at 0% APR.

Each time I’ve visited the UK in the last few years I’ve felt more and more alienated in my own country; the revolting bling bling credit card culture just makes me sick. Thankfully that’s over now. There is one remedy. The UK will have to start living within its means.

[DimPrawn]

Face the facts. Britain is bankrupt. It’s been bankrupted by the combination of Labour tax and spend policies and a culture of backward, chavlike materialism that makes every Tom, Dick and Harry think that the world owes him a SUV, a detached mock tudor house and a Rolex Oyster at 0% APR.

Each time I’ve visited the UK in the last few years I’ve felt more and more alienated in my own country; the revolting bling bling credit card culture just makes me sick. Thankfully that’s over now. There is one remedy. The UK will have to start living within its means.

[TimberWolf]

The snot goblin's going to have to go cap in hand to the IMF sooner or later, so he may as well do it now. Follow Iceland's example.

Browns' work is not done until he has bankrupted the IMF. I never really thought Iceland were in long-term trouble - after all they are sitting on a volcano.

[minestrone]

The UK will have to start living within its means.

A return to the middle ages then?

[Mich the Tester]

A return to the middle ages then?

Britain was quite wealthy back in the middle ages. Taxes were a lot lower too.

[Turion]

There's nothing to complain about. Labour are simply returning us to the state we we're in when they left us last time, around 30 yrs ago. - 'The poor man of Europe' as our continental neighbours use to refer.

[Doggy Styles]

The only way out of this mess is for Messrs Brown and Darling to stop pretending to themselves they’re saving the planet and come up with hard-nosed plans to get the budget more balanced, before they’re forced to phone the IMF for a bailout themselves.

But they’re not going to do that, are they?

Aha! I said I'd vote for a party that did this.

I get wound up with every pronouncement from Brown including the caveat "due to worldwide problems". I'd like to punch him.