George promised to get rid of the national debt by the end of his first parliament. Not only did he massively fail but , despite all the pain, it's continued to rise to £1.53 trillion! Just as well he's not on performance related pay.
http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk...ebt_chart.html
We had the hint of a recovery but his 'medicine' has killed it. Things are looking very gloomy again. How he and his Govt. got re-elected continues to amaze me.