And I can tell you, the UK economy has grown ......

[aernethril]

............by this much

[al**bear]

and he's still exaggerating 

[lhasa.two]

Well he has to al because most people are too dim to realise that it's going to take a VERY long time to climb up and out of the financial mess we and some of the rest of the world are in... It doesn't matter what party is in power, the piggy bank is still almost empty!

[Anonymous]

is that why he's borrowing even more money than what the labour party did? maybe the o/p's picture show's us just how much he cares about the weak, infirm and the disabled, yes that much.

[lhasa.two]

I think you may have a short memory pete...

The former chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, left a one sentence letter for David Laws which simply said: 'Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left,' 

When you are left with very little, you have to climb back up again and that doesn't happen overnight. 

[tommy.irene]

Then why are MPs looking a pay rise. If there is no money..

[aernethril]

I think they paintshopped out the matchsticks holding his eyelids open.

[lhasa.two]

Then why are MPs looking a pay rise. If there is no money..

I can only think they're stupid as it beggars belief that they would even think of such a thing right now. 

If they are denied their pay rise they'll just up their expenses claims, so the accounts department needs be on extra alert... B-)

[Anonymous]

hi msp #4, that may be true, but I did say, so why are they borrowing more than what labour did, if that's true then their cuts are not working, and if that's true then neither are their policies.

[al**bear]

#4 Every single Chief Secretary when leaving office leaves those kind 'jokes', it is a custom

We have plenty money

It is just that Osborne has handed it all to the Banks, who've stashed in their vaults and from the Interest paid the fines and compensation they got for ripping off of customers

[not-another-one]

We could borrow less but you'd have to put up with bigger cuts, unfortunately we can't have it both ways.

It's all very well moaning about what Osbourne has given the banks but it's nothing compared to the £50 billion handed to them by the previous government and don't forget one of the last things undertaken by Alistair Darling was to push through a bailout of the Irish banks to the sum of £10 billion.

[aernethril]

😞

It was meant to be a bit light hearted - perhaps with some more offerings for quotes for the photo.

[joe_bloggs*]