The British general election. (HUNG PARLIAMENT)

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Pyro as Bill said:

Wyrdness said:

We can clearly say it's not working and was never going to work at the time, the have always been other factors that lead to the debt but guess what the Tory line in their campaign was, a hint it hinged on the country's borrowing despite the fact that any Government would have had to do the same and when they landed in office they swore austerity was the only way and that the debt would be cut by a target year that after 5 changes still has never been hit. It's because of this that people began turning Cameron the twat and Osbourne especially after they step on the disabled like they were dirt and now the baton has been passed on to May, Davis and Howling Mad Bo Johnson for their share of the kicking as austerity turned out to just out to be a farce to cut money spent on certain groups of people mean while we're some how financially fine to go ahead and bomb the likes of Syria where one fighter jet cost over 600K to fuel and launch.

Tax cuts for the poorest. Jobs for the unemployed. Higher minimum wage and they still cut the deficit which will probably be wiped out in the next parliament.

Labour aren't the party for the working class anymore.

I agree the Conservatives have done a decent job in repairing the economy (even if i think their overall approach has been rather cruel), but it's hardly fair to compare the worst post-2008 crash year for borrowing against the present day. Looking at each statistic:

Annual Deficit: Before the 2008 crash, borrowing under Labour was either in line with or under 43 billion.
NHS Budget: The Conservatives have increased spending, but not in line with inflation. It should currently be closer to 130 billion.
Minimum Wage: It's pretty much in line with inflation.
Tax Free Allowance: The TFA has increased substantially above inflation, and i personally consider it one of the Conservatives best policies.
Unemployment: As with borrowing, is was hit fairly hard by the crash. Before the crash it was hovering around 5%.
GDP: Again just keeping up with inflation.