In denial

[Doggy Styles]

Just as a matter of interest, has anyone in the previous government said sorry for the deficit yet?

Have any of their leadership contenders conceded that they f***ed up?

Or are they still all ignoring it as an irrelevance?

[MarillionFan]

Just as a matter of interest, has anyone in the previous government said sorry for the deficit yet?

Have any of their leadership contenders conceded that they f***ed up?

Or are they still all ignoring it as an irrelevance?

No of course not.

They've been taking tips of my partner. Basically when challenged on the massive overspend on her credit card she will justify this by saying 'Look at all the wonderful things you have in the house'.

I of course counter this by saying 'It's no freaking good if the house gets repossessed is it!!!'

She votes Labour, I vote Tory. Go figure.

[HairyArsedBloke]

More importantly, when will the new lot put B'Liar, snot goblin, et al in nuLieBore on trial for their crimes? The new mob are quietly ignoring the issue too.

I am getting the impression that there is a growing feeling in the markets that the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) is not going to cut it. It will not be enough to convince rating agencies and government debt buyers and other investors in the UK that the fiscal position won't get out of hand again.

I think that there will need to be a proper line drawn under the past behaviour of governments and that can only be done by putting them on trial. Unfortunately (in some eyes), they will have to be found guilty otherwise the process will be seen as a whitewash and the problem will remain.

I see that JP Morgan are sabre rattling again over their site in docklands.

[Green Mango]

More importantly, when will the new lot put B'Liar, snot goblin, et al in nuLieBore on trial for their crimes? The new mob are quietly ignoring the issue too.

I am getting the impression that there is a growing feeling in the markets that the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) is not going to cut it. It will not be enough to convince rating agencies and government debt buyers and other investors in the UK that the fiscal position won't get out of hand again.

I think that there will need to be a proper line drawn under the past behaviour of governments and that can only be done by putting them on trial. Unfortunately (in some eyes), they will have to be found guilty otherwise the process will be seen as a whitewash and the problem will remain.

I see that JP Morgan are sabre rattling again over their site in docklands.

Nobody is going to try New Labour for war crimes as 1) It will do the UK as a whole no good and cause us loads of complications
2) It would embarrass our allies such as the US

[HairyArsedBloke]

War crimes are another issue.

I'm talking about treason through financial mis-management.

[centurian]

Of course not, it was all due to

a) A "global recession"
b) Essential to overspend to address "years of underinvestment under the Tories"
c) Neccessary to keep overspending into eternity to "avoid a double dip recession"

Now most of this is just political rhetoric, but there are many, many Labour party members that actually believe this hype and still think that what they did was brilliant.

[doodab]

No one is going to try them for treason either, because they haven't committed treason.

You get the leaders you deserve. All of this wanting revenge on new labour for simply being those leaders is ridiculous. Give it 10 years and you'll be voting them in again while demanding the current lot are hung, drawn, and made into waffles.

[Green Mango]

No one is going to try them for treason either, because they haven't committed treason.

You get the leaders you deserve. All of this wanting revenge on new labour for simply being those leaders is ridiculous. Give it 10 years and you'll be voting them in again while demanding the current lot are hung, drawn, and made into waffles.

Yes thats a good example of denial. Labour have committed treason.

They are just going to get away with it thats all.

[doodab]

Yes thats a good example of denial. Labour have committed treason.

They have overspent a bit. They probably could have done a better job. But that isn't treason. Get a dictionary or google or something and look it up.

[doodab]

Hindsight is always 20-20 isn't it? Nobody liked the lot before them, and in ten years time nobody will like the current lot either.

I think the vitriol that is directed at this lot is symptomatic of a deeper malaise in British society TBH. Whatever made Britain great is long gone, the place is falling apart and has been since the 70s or 80s, maybe even longer.