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    Austerity programme going well

    BBC News - Bank's King says 'pessimistic' about worsening economy

    Excluding financial interventions such as bank bailouts, it borrowed £17.9bn, compared with £15.2bn in May 2011.

    Maybe the government could try cutting the beaurocrats?

    #2
    You actually believe there's an austerity programme?

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      #3
      As long as they can keep house prices high and bankers rich everything will be fine.

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        #4
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        You actually believe there's an austerity programme?

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          #5
          Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
          As long as they can keep house prices high and bankers rich everything will be fine.
          WHS.

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            #6
            Cutting HB for the under 25ers will almost certainly solve the problem.
            <Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!

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              #7
              Does anybody think this lot are doing everything arse about face? They seem to be making a lot of noise and publicity about the unpopular headline-grabbing policies while quietly doing nothing, whereas they should be telling everyone everything is fine, no cuts etc while sneakily doing a hatchet job. It's like they don't want to get re-elected.

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                #8
                Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
                Cutting HB for the under 25ers will almost certainly solve the problem.
                Give youngsters less independence - what muppets.

                They need to reduce housing costs. Firstly stop mortgage costs being offset against rental income. Then tax rental income. Starting at 10% and increasing at 5% a year until house prices are 3 times income.

                Originally posted by Bunk View Post
                Does anybody think this lot are doing everything arse about face? They seem to be making a lot of noise and publicity about the unpopular headline-grabbing policies while quietly doing nothing, whereas they should be telling everyone everything is fine, no cuts etc while sneakily doing a hatchet job. It's like they don't want to get re-elected.
                +1. I don't understand why though.

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                  #9
                  The government are preaching about austerity - which is destroying confidence - and at the same time, they're not actually cutting. Really is daft.

                  Or What Bunk Said

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                    #10
                    In fact they've increased spending so it's the opposite of austerity.

                    Hey.....you know what it reallly means. This is "Party time" Britain.




                    Rock on
                    I'm alright Jack

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