'We're bankrupt, broken and bust'

[EmilyKent]

No, Cameron doesn't mince words, and yes this is the Daily Mail. But they have the best photos.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281262/Queens-Speech-David-Cameron-unveils-legislative-programme-PM.html#ixzz0oyp4etTJ

Make of it what you will.

[Nihil]

1. "Make of it what you will."

Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl ...

:hi:

[non sociopath skin]

2. Ooh look ... I've made a Canadian Bulldog out of mine ...

:evilgrin:

The Skin

[EmilyKent]

5. I just hope he can make an economy

out of it. A British one, not a Greek one!

:hi:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

3. Hyperbole

Labour's spending on public services isn't to blame for the current debt. What about the £1.5 trillion they gave the financial sector?

[EmilyKent]

4. Of course it's hyperbole,

but the financial situation was fragile before the recent 'recession', so naturally he's going to denounce that, being Conservative and all.

Lib-Dems managed to get a lot of things in there though. I'm quite surprised given the election results.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Exactly...

the bankers are the biggest benefit-scroungers around!

Not to mention all the money that's gone into the black hole of war.

[fedsron2us]

7. And thats just the Tory party

The single question everyone should ask is how big was the UK national debt before the banks began to be bailed out in late 2007 and how big is it now. That huge spike in the debt in 3 years did not come from a sudden bonanza in benefit payments or largesse on the NHS.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=277

The money has been spent bailing out wealthy bond and equity holders who stood to become considerably less rich if the banking system went under. As usual the poor have been left the bill to be paid in cuts. Bourbon economics that should lead to Revolution if there is any justice in the world