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Re: National Budget 2026
Fiscal drag raking in loads of cash, then a few breadcrumbs fed back to a few.
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Yesterday, 10:36
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Re: National Budget 2026
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Fiscal drag raking in loads of cash, then a few breadcrumbs fed back to a few.
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Ageing population, Brexit, wars, massive debt from the last Govt. The current state of the UK isnt down to Labour. We've been in decline since 2010.
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Yesterday, 12:07
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Re: National Budget 2026
We've been in decline since other nations realised we'd rather buy their cheap shit than make our own 
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Yesterday, 13:06
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Re: National Budget 2026
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We've been in decline since other nations realised we'd rather buy their cheap shit than make our own |
yea buy british rubbish,support our local crap 
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Yesterday, 17:00
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Re: National Budget 2026
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yea buy british rubbish,support our local crap |
But buying British crap saves the environmental costs of shipping other peoples crap halfway around the world . . twice* 
*once when bought, then again when 'recycled' 
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Yesterday, 21:54
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Re: National Budget 2026
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Ageing population, Brexit, wars, massive debt from the last Govt. The current state of the UK isnt down to Labour. We've been in decline since 2010.
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Much of Labours current fiscal issues are all of their own making.
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Re: National Budget 2026
Labour doubled the debt before 2008.
After 2020, the deficit WAS going down, until covid.
The problem with temporary freebies is that people endlessly whinge when they stop. Eg After the covid freebies ended.
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Today, 05:55
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Re: National Budget 2026
I am dreading January my current fixed price leccy is 19p in Jan it will likely be 31p that is a crazy increase. Grateful for the year on cheap but it is going to be a £40 increase and my fix ends Feb 24th so I can not initiate a switch till Jan 6th
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Re: National Budget 2026
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Labour doubled the debt before 2008.
After 2020, the deficit WAS going down, until covid.
The problem with temporary freebies is that people endlessly whinge when they stop. Eg After the covid freebies ended.
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Labour didn’t double the debt or deficit before 2008 - in 2008, the debt increased due to the world-wide Financial Crisis caused by the banks.
1997 - deficit 3.0%, debt 37.4%
2007 - deficit 2.8%, debt 36.2%
2008 - deficit 2.9%, debt 47.7%
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gover...ries/hf6x/pusf
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gover...mestic-product
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Today, 09:11
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Re: National Budget 2026
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Public debt(EXCLUDING public sector banks).
1997 £350.1bn. 2008 £755.6bn. 2010 £1,138.6bn(deficit £139.9bn).
2004 deficit £49.1bn. 2009 deficit £157.7bn. 2018 deficit £38.2bn. 2020 deficit £300.2bn.
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Today, 12:03
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Re: National Budget 2026
You said "before 2008", then seem to be ignoring the Financial Crisis…
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Re: National Budget 2026
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You said "before 2008", then seem to be ignoring the Financial Crisis…
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1997 £350.1bn, 2008 £775.6bn and EXCLUDES public sector banks.
2006 £509.5bn, 2007 £543.5bn. Heading that way long before 2007.
Deficit, 2002 £34.1bn, 2003 £41.7bn, 2004 £49.1, 2005 £44.2bn 2006 £39.2bn, 2007 £45.0bn.
That DOESN'T include PFI which is off-books borrowing, but has to be paid back later.
Regardless of any crash, Labour had an ANNUAL deficit of nearly £50bn. Even with any "crash" factors, the debt would've hit £700bn by 2010, and as that level of spending couldn't be turned of overnight, the impact of Labour spending continued.
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