UK in Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7927816.stm

The UK's "money for nothing" culture must come to an end, shadow chancellor George Osborne has said.

In a speech in Birmingham, Mr Osborne argued that people needed to hear some "home truths" and must "work hard and save hard" to get out of the recession.

Generous tax breaks for corporate debt must be ended to wean firms off their reliance on borrowed cash, he added.

The Conservatives have said Labour has left the UK ill-prepared to deal with the recession and should apologise.

Mr Osborne said an apology was necessary to show that Labour understood the current economic problems were home-grown, rather than a result of the meltdown of the US mortgage market, and had learnt the lessons of what had happened.

"He [Gordon Brown] won't say sorry for his mistakes because he really doesn't think he made any," he said.



Still, you can get your chicks for free.

[AlfredJPruffock]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7927816.stm

The UK's "money for nothing" culture must come to an end, shadow chancellor George Osborne has said.

In a speech in Birmingham, Mr Osborne argued that people needed to hear some "home truths" and must "work hard and save hard" to get out of the recession.

Generous tax breaks for corporate debt must be ended to wean firms off their reliance on borrowed cash, he added.

The Conservatives have said Labour has left the UK ill-prepared to deal with the recession and should apologise.

Mr Osborne said an apology was necessary to show that Labour understood the current economic problems were home-grown, rather than a result of the meltdown of the US mortgage market, and had learnt the lessons of what had happened.

"He [Gordon Brown] won't say sorry for his mistakes because he really doesn't think he made any," he said.



Still, you can get your chicks for free.

Come on George - you can do better than this - what tosh.

Money for nothing - and the Chicks for free - thats the way to do it...

[ratewhore]

Actually, he's probably been reading this years Keith Joseph memorial lecture by the centre for policy studies (found here). It's about integrity in modern politics and how the Tories should be honest with the electorate about what they need to do to turn the country around.

[EternalOptimist]

There was a love struck Romeo
sang a street-suss serenade

[Mich the Tester]

Companies need to be able to borrow to invest in technology, but it seems that many firms have borrowed squajillions of pounds for mergers and acquisitions, and that’s the really big bubble.

[ratewhore]

Companies need to be able to borrow to invest in technology, but it seems that many firms have borrowed squajillions of pounds for mergers and acquisitions, and that’s the really big bubble.

Wow - a squajillion. That sounds pretty big!!

[Mich the Tester]

Wow - a squajillion. That sounds pretty big!!

It's puny compared to Gordon's public expenditure.

[d000hg]

You're never going to win votes warning all the slackers they will have to work. The only time they'll get off their backsides will be to vote against you.

[Cyberman]

You're never going to win votes warning all the slackers they will have to work. The only time they'll get off their backsides will be to vote against you.

Well, they've just had their 2.5% bribe in the pubic sector, so I suppose HMG have secured their votes.