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ntluser · 14-11-2008, 20:48

We can blame the government for this farce because it is they who make the laws as to what must be regulated. In many cases they create & appoint the regulatory bodies.Unfortunately, whenever things go wrong, they repeat the "lessons will be learned" mantra only to prove by the next disaster that they plainly haven't been.

This financial crisis was totally avoidable. We should have realised this with a government that wants to appear in control when in reality they are not.

Most of the time they are working to repair damage that they themselves have created,the abolition of the 10p rate & subsequent refund to taxpayers being an example. Millions of pounds have been wasted at a time when we can least afford it. Boom & bust hasn't returned, it never left as it is New Labour policy.

As for ID cards, they are a joke given all the private personal information lost into the public domain by government departments, noticeably the MOD which has lost 100's of laptops containing data.

As the chief architect of government policy Gordon Brown must accept the blame both as PM and as former Chancellor Of The Exchequer.

Brown is not on the ropes, he is on his way through them as the next election will no doubt demonstrate.

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ntluser Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 79 Services: Virgin Media XL Telephone,TV with Tivo box & Superhub3 upto 150Mb Broadband, Sky World, & Freeview+ Posts: 1,901	Re: Brown on the ropes? We can blame the government for this farce because it is they who make the laws as to what must be regulated. In many cases they create & appoint the regulatory bodies.Unfortunately, whenever things go wrong, they repeat the "lessons will be learned" mantra only to prove by the next disaster that they plainly haven't been. This financial crisis was totally avoidable. We should have realised this with a government that wants to appear in control when in reality they are not. Most of the time they are working to repair damage that they themselves have created,the abolition of the 10p rate & subsequent refund to taxpayers being an example. Millions of pounds have been wasted at a time when we can least afford it. Boom & bust hasn't returned, it never left as it is New Labour policy. As for ID cards, they are a joke given all the private personal information lost into the public domain by government departments, noticeably the MOD which has lost 100's of laptops containing data. As the chief architect of government policy Gordon Brown must accept the blame both as PM and as former Chancellor Of The Exchequer. Brown is not on the ropes, he is on his way through them as the next election will no doubt demonstrate.