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Originally Posted by ianch99
Nah, pure Tory fantasy.
Who was responsible for the state of the UK finances in 2010, was bailed out to the tune of £500 billion and was the direct cause of the subsequent years of austerity?
ANSWER:
The City
.. who, BTW, both candidates are failing to focus on in their sales pitch to the faithful.
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The Labour government was borrowing on a massive scale long before 2008(ie 2002), and was doing it when the economy was supposedly in such good shape that there shouldn't have been a need for any borrowing. THAT was the reason for austerity.