The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[Bruce Wayne]

2008






2015

Well Dave?

How many times in the past 30 years has the presiding government spent less than or as much as they've raised in taxation? Or in other words, how often in the last 30 years have they balanced their books each year?

The best I could find was this

Which surely can't be right, can it? I mean can it be true that the state has spent more than its collected in 30 of the last 35 years? It's probably easier to try and score party political points than correct what is a systemic flaw though, isn't it? If only someone would think of the children that will end up footing this bill.

 

[Coach]

How many times in the past 30 years has the presiding government spent less than or as much as they've raised in taxation? Or in other words, how often in the last 30 years have they balanced their books each year?

The best I could find was this

Which surely can't be right, can it? I mean can it be true that the state has spent more than its collected in 30 of the last 35 years? It's probably easier to try and score party political points than correct what is a systemic flaw though, isn't it? If only someone would think of the children that will end up footing this bill.

The Tories have added more to the national debt in the last 4.5 years than Labour did in the previous 13.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The Tories have added more to the national debt in the last 4.5 years than Labour did in the previous 13.

You couldn't make it up

 

[Groucho]

I trust and believe none of them at all these days.

If they weren't so anti-car, I'd vote Green.

 

[jackyboy]

Just want whoever is in power to be somebody who I can identify myself with, is that really that difficult?

 

[Coach]

You couldn't make it up lol

No you couldn't because it is true.

Cameron's lies on the matter are shameful

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffee...n-tells-porkies-about-britains-national-debt/

 

[Blue 1]

The Tories have added more to the national debt in the last 4.5 years than Labour did in the previous 13.

Not just the previous 13. They have added more to the national debt in this parliament than every Labour government since 1900 combined.

But they have bought the deficit down a little, and Osborne's defenders will say that there would've been the same spike in borrowing whoever was in power because of Labour's profligacy over the previous 13 years, and that it has nothing to do with his unfeasibly evil policies.

I think it illustrates the scale of the 2008 crash quite well though, and actually makes something of a mockery of blaming it all on Labour.

 

[Coach]

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[EFCNIK]

Just want whoever is in power to be somebody who I can identify myself with, is that really that difficult?

I think the country would fall apart with some scruffy scouser in charge mate soz.

 

[L4Everton]

Which surely can't be right, can it? I mean can it be true that the state has spent more than its collected in 30 of the last 35 years? It's probably easier to try and score party political points than correct what is a systemic flaw though, isn't it? If only someone would think of the children that will end up footing this bill.

Children don't vote now.
The twist in the tale of the graph is the % of GDP. So it's possible that the biggest % spike on the graph could feasibly be the smallest real terms amount of cash. When do the banks cough up the money they were leant by the on his/her backsides tax payers?

 

[L4Everton]

I think the country would fall apart with some scruffy scouser in charge mate soz.

You'll get your Muslim PM within 20 years mate, don't worry.

 

[jackyboy]

I think the country would fall apart with some scruffy scouser in charge mate soz.

Cheeky!

 

[EFCNIK]

You'll get your Muslim PM within 20 years mate, don't worry.

You joke, but it will happen.

 

[EFCNIK]

Cheeky!

Soz x

 

[L4Everton]

You joke, but it will happen.

Who's joking? Will you be looking to move to Germany or Greece or somewhere like that?