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Originally Posted by Osem

Now you know Arthur doesn't concern himself with mere details such as that don't you.

Some folks are still 'labouring' (pun intentional) under the delusion that things would have been better had Brown carried on where he left off in 2010...

We have the shining example over the channel of what would have happened. President Hollande did exactly what Labour were promising at the last election: Spend, tax and borrow. Just look at the result: high unemployment stubbornly refusing to fall, stagnant growth and the rich fled to London to escape a 75% top tax rate.