[Closed] Governmnet spending cuts next month,

Lord Mandelson suggested ............Mr Darling quashed calls for any future VAT rises to be ruled out

Ah well ......... if Mandy said it (or is it "suggested" ?) what more reliable source could there be ?

The Times however, [i]suggests[/i] otherwise......

[url= http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/budget/article7070153.ece ]Alistair Darling rules out VAT rise[/url]

EDIT : Your edited post contains the following : [i]but was vetoed by Gordon Brown[/i].... making it abundantly clear that VAT would [i]not[/i] have gone up if Labour had remained in power.

Next !

some quality trolling on this thread ernie_lynch! 🙂 give yourself a gold star!

When Glaxo and Smithkline Beecham merged, there was a degree of replication. Because of this, the firm decided to shut his department.

He lost his job due to downturn in the business due to the recession and because of punitive taxes imposed on business by the last administration.

spongeblob in desperate attempt at making the facts fit the ideology shocker

I would never suggest that the policy is not without risk, I have said that on here. I just think it is the better risk to take. It is an unusually positive endorsement, there are few caveats, for the IMF - well it is according to Stephanie Flanders who is normally pretty straight down the line - see [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/stephanieflanders/ ]here.[/url]

ernie: Darling admitted as such himself. If we're going to play tit for tat then[url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7025833.ece ]here[/url]

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that a government fighting for survival at the polls might actually [i]mislead[/i] in order to allay public anxiety over future unpopular policy chances is it?

It worked for Thatcher and Major, who both scooped surprise wins in 1987 and 1992 respectively and who later reneged on election promises.

I'm off to bed. I've a cold to sleep off before I go riding tomorrow.

ernie: Darling admitted as such himself.

Yes PJM, but as you yourself pointed out, it was "vetoed by Gordon Brown". Therefore VAT would [b]not[/b] have gone up if Labour had remained in government.

@ el_boufador ...... I don't know what you mean .......... *whistles*

ernie_lynch - Member

Yes PJM, but as you yourself pointed out, it was "vetoed by Gordon Brown". Therefore VAT would not have gone up if Labour had remained in government.

Assuming that Gordon Brown would still have had a say.....

she concludes

So yes, the IMF is giving Mr Osborne higher marks than Mr Darling. But it had never suggested that he was sending the UK over a cliff.

Assuming that Gordon Brown would still have had a say.....

Well since he got to chose who was chancellor, I would have said "yes".

Or are you suggesting that Gordon Brown would have been punished for winning the general election, and would have been given the sack ?

Just two questions:

- What do the IMF know about anything - they hardly have a glowing track record at this complicated economics stuff;

- If Ernie's fan is AC, does reversing the polarity actually change anything?

Stil a bit qiuiet, and the reason Sainsburys may have beeen so full is all the old duffers couldnt negotiate themselves out of the car park and its the end of the month when most salaried staff go shopping.