Originally Posted by martyh

Wow ,that's a statement and a half ,one that goes against what leading economists,the figures themselves and Blair himself has said .Blair ,upon his election, decided to continue with Thatcherite policies and continued to have a stable economy similar to the one he inherited from the conservatives untill he decided to go his way and announced a massive increase in public spending ,buried us deeper into Europe and abandoned Thatchers policies in the run up to the 2001 election .After he did that it all went wrong .