Cameron???

[hawksley]

Watching PMQs today, what a Power Shower we have in control now, Cameron and his Clowns, all he can say is I blame the party opposite. Does he not know that he is in power, not labour, he and his cronies have been in power for four and a half years, Fact, Cameron is in charge, Fact, Job Losses ship building at Portsmouth, Fact, Nurses given p45s Fact, armed forces given p45s, fact, Senior managers and Bankers, given six figure redundant pay outs Fact. BYE BYE DAVE 2015 fact. IT is not his fault,It is the party opposite.???

[shoota]

The eternal cycle:
Labour get in and screw everything up so people vote Tory.
Tories make themselves unpopular sorting Labours mess out so people vote Labour.
Labour get in and screw everything........(repeat ad infinitum)

[Hypognosis]

@Shoota

Tories spend their time seling off the Nation's 'Family Silver' at knock-down prices to their already-rich cronies while shutting down services used by anyone in a low income bracket.

Everyone hates them for it and votes Labour in, who do their best to tax the rich to bits and claw back the above-mentioned losses.

THEN, while people bask in the satisfaction of justice being done, their attention wanders and the things you describe begin happening but people don't notice until it's too late.

So I hlaf-agree with you. Just remember where the cycle starts off. Tory croneyism.

[hawksley]

Just wait until the next Government, who ever they may be, have to sort this mess out, you have not seen nothing yet God help us all, and if Wurzel gummage bojo throws his hat in the ring we are all doomed I tell you.Doomed

[jno]

Tories make themselves unpopular sorting Labours mess out so people vote Labour

Now there's history for you!

The Tories took power in 1979; they spent 18 years making themselves unpopular sorting out Labour's mess before being voted out in 1997?

Yea, right, that's just how it was. Poor things never had a moment in power doing what they wanted to do themselves...

[Gromit]

They have been in power two and a half years.

The blaming the previous lot for everything is wearing thin after the first couple of years. If he wants to blame anyone for the closure of Portsmouth Docks I suggest he blames the Government that privatised it.

[alexanderd]

Hypognosis, Labour(gordon brown) sold off the family gold. If labour(the unite union) get voted in, set your clocks back to the 70,s. Can you remember or are you too young?

[hawksley]

Alexanderd, What exactly do you mean by the family gold,??? thank you.

[FredPuli43]

It is called Realpolitik, hawksley, having to do what is politically possible and which is practically expedient yet beneficial. Harold Wilson termed it 'pragmatism' You may not remember him, perhaps. He was a very capable Labour PM who presided over the highest rate of inflation in living memory, as I recall, and was inclined to blame Swiss bankers for the country's woes.

[alexanderd]

Hawksley, Gordon Brown sold off a lot of our gold reserves at rock-bottom prices

[hawksley]

Alexanderd , Gold reserved for what???

[CokeTulip]

hawksley... you might well have a labour poster strapline there . BYE BYE DAVE 2015 FACT. It did make me laugh.

I haven't listened to PMQ's yet but I'll brace myself. I'll switch off if IDS is on. After that long in power to continue to blame the previous party looks very weak. He bought the house and the boiler is playing up so he is still blaming the previous owners 5+ yrs later. Well I guess Cam is thinking about Labour alot! - he isn't creative is he.

You know how pregnant women's nails grow stronger and very long! to equip them to protect the baby! following birth (excuse the labour! analogy); I think Ed needs to grow his nails and have his teeth sharpened.

[alexanderd]

hawksley, all countries have "gold reserves" not specifically set aside for any reason but as a guide for how wealthy that country is. The USA has trillions in their reserves

[factor-fiction]

>his cronies have been in power for four and a half years, Fact,

6th May 2010 - 5 November 2013. Doesn't time fly. Only feels like 3½ years. Fact

[Psybbo]

It just feels a lot longer, Factor

[Gromit]

Alexanderd

Brown selling the Gold when he did was a huge mistake with hindsight. It went on a 12 year rise afterwards (though it is declining again this year). However, he bought Euros which also climbed over the same period though not as much as gold. The loss was about £2million. Compare that with the £27billion that the Conservative Government lost on Black Wednesday.

[weecalf]

brown was the worst pm Britain never had

[Orderlimit]

In fairness to Brown, I don't think anyone could have known when was the right time to sell gold but my understanding is that Brown made the huge mistake of announcing to the world the date that he would be selling, I could be very wrong.

[seadogg]

Didn't we sell our North Sea Oil at bargain prices? Ditto the public housing stock.
A businessman who behaved like governments do would end up in Carey Street.

[CokeTulip]

What is it with economists and bankers? In the main and when it should count! they dont seem to be good or a success at figures..Co-op another example. But if anyone else makes a financial mistake....