Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35022617)

meanwhile back on planet earth

THE government last night accused Labour of pursuing a “scorched earth policy� before the general election, leaving behind billions of pounds of previously hidden spending commitments.

The newly discovered Whitehall “black holes� could force even more severe public spending cuts, or higher tax rises, ministers fear.

“There are some worrying early signs that numbers left by the outgoing government may not add up,� said Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister.

David Willetts, the universities minister, claimed that Labour had left behind “not so much an in-tray as a minefield�

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7127819.ece

Originally Posted by slowcoach (Post 35022645)

You would have thought that the Tory moles in the Civil Service would have kept them up to date on these shenanigans, strange. :dozey:

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35022652)

Perhaps they feared being arrested by anti-terrorist police, having their homes and offices searched and their computers, mobile phones and other personal equipment seized....

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...raided-home.do

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35022657)

Now way could that happen under a Labour Goverment :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35022636)

Doesn't surprise me at all! The deliberate 'policy' of a shambolic government in terminal decline or just a sign of their utter ineptitude I wonder??.... Perhaps both. Hopefully it'll become clear in due course and those remaining New Labour supporters will see just how badly things really were whilst Brown and his cohorts were trying to deflect blame and criticism onto people who hadn't been in power and had no role in the decisions that were made.

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:D

Now Brown's got a bit more time on his hands and is going to devote himself to 'good causes', I hear he's considering marketing his 'Brown Formula' to governments, organisations, individuals etc. who're mired in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy but don't want to feel bad about it. The detail is highly complex of course but in simple terms when you enter all the relevant financial data all the minus signs (for costs, debts, liabilities etc.) are changed to plus signs and all the income/revenue figures are quadrupled.... :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Neil22 (Post 35022875)

This Tory government is much like a rainbow.

Originally Posted by Neil22 (Post 35022875)

It looks good from a distance but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the sun.

Originally Posted by Neil22 (Post 35022875)

This Tory government is much like a rainbow.

It looks good from a distance but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the sun.

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35022652)

Perhaps they feared being arrested by anti-terrorist police, having their homes and offices searched and their computers, mobile phones and other personal equipment seized....

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...raided-home.do

Originally Posted by Neil22 (Post 35022875)

This Tory government is much like a rainbow.

It looks good from a distance but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the sun.

Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35022895)

That story was done on 28.11.08

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35022657)

You only had to look to see the massive pre election bribes that Labour tried to use to see he was cavalier with our money.

Brown used his last few months in power to leave behind a legacy that will take years and years to fix. Reminds of Saddam Hussein setting fire to the oil wells just before his forces were evicted out of Kuwait. In my book Brown will be remembered for his total destruction of our economy and his lack of understanding of the public and what they wanted.

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Now way could that happen under a Labour Goverment :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by keepitreel (Post 35022920)

are u blaming brown for this economy?

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35022881)

You appear to be slightly confused - it was Labour's attempts to form a coalition that was going to be a "rainbow" coalition (Labour, LibDems, SDLP, PC, SNP, Greens).

But much like a rainbow, there wasn't much substance to it, no one could find the beginning or end of it, and the only crock at the end of it was Ed Balls.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35022885)

Well, the frothing, angry columnists on the lunatic fringes, both Left and Right, will be seething. A special conference of Lib Dem activists has 'overwhelmingly' backed Nick Clegg's coalition deal with Cameron:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8685341.stm