UK 18:48 Friday, 23 October 2026
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George Osborne claims to have tackled debt. If you believe that you will take your trousers off and allow Boy George to chain you to a radiator. A picture speaks 1000 words.
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turbograndad
We inherited this mess, and then kept it going, the forward guidance pink bit is somewhat caveat ed, and optimistic.
Paul C
I thought as a percentage of GDP it was level now or falling? It’s still too high though, I can’t see any politician commiting career suicide to see the reforms through the country needs.
What they should do us abolish the state pension completely for anyone under 18 now and phase it out, providing a safety net as a last resort only. Privatise the whole lot and make everyone accountable for their own pensions through the workplace and earnings. With exceptions for women having or raising kids under a certain age where the state pays a fixed contribution.
phil
What a load of nonsense, the welfare state never broke any British economy and it never caused a single market crash of the many I have endured.
It took the uncaring carpetbagging Banking system and stupid idiotic shareholders who hired those carpetbaggers to do that.
Beside instead of just complaining the problem, work the problem, because the chances of a British street giving up this welfare state is nil, not a a chance, and I for one don’t blame.them. If Britain cannot make a difference for them then why on earth should they believe in it.
Yes there is abuse, but that is a way of it for us, this world of human beings, and the British Street, the one everyone criticises, they are the ones that defend this country. When Britain makes war the street sends her sons and daughters to war, even your Royal family send theirs. Your politicians send theirs to prospect for property in Bristol, or get their stupid wives to sell signed photographs on Ebay,
The workers of the world are unhappy, but if you have surplus income to invest in shares then you sure are not one of the many, you are one of the few. He that can destroy a thing, controls a thing. We are the Queen Bees and the Drones, and without the well-meaning of the workers, our nest is fucked.
Britain is far from broke, and it is far from being done. I come back to the workers, they just need to elect a better standard of politician, easy said, but not easy done.
The EU won’t fall apart just because you leave, and any suggestion the EU will implode, fail, or break is fanciful, the EU is here to stay. Europe including Britain is still the best place on the planet for the majority of people to live, whatever anyone says. No one says Britain cannot improve, and it will.
To understand just how good a Britain Street really is then go look at the Malawi without it.