Cameron is tainted PM says Miliband (From Western Telegraph)

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  rufus100 wrote:
  ah! Connected to the wrong people?
  And who is Red Ed connected to?
  And, what decisions did he make when in Government?
  And where did they get us?
  And does he know many other countries have economic problems...?
  And why doesn't he propose what he thinks would be good?
  Economic leadership? Tell us where we have gone wrong, Ed! Oh, oops, we went wrong under TB/GB/EBx2!!
  We can forget even recent history (2years), all too quickly.
  We shall live with TB/GB/EBx2 legacy for many years.......
  
  Why do journalists write this rubbish? Its not worth the paper its written on, nor the time and strain on one's eyes to read it!!

  When the banking crisis led to recession the then Labour government rightly took action to save the banking sector. They were then put in a position in which to protect jobs they had to spend more. These were correct economic decisions at the time. Labour knew they had to cut the deficit but to do so immediately was likely to lead to a second recession and quite possibly an economic depression.
  As a result of Alastair Darling's plan a certain amount of growth had already come back and unemployment had fallen.
  In Feb 2010 more than 60 senior economists signed open letters backing Alastair Darling’s decision to delay government spending cuts until 2011. The letters said that any measures to trim the budget deficit earlier could pull the country back into recession.
  The Labour plan was to "halve the deficit over the next four years - indeed, more than halve it," said Labour.
  The Conservatives called for more radical, earlier action and said their approach had widespread support.
  "There are leading economists who support the Conservative position and, more importantly, there are also leading business organisations and entrepreneurs - people like Richard Branson - who know more about creating jobs than the entire Labour cabinet put together," said shadow chancellor George Osborne at the time.
  Obviously, we dont know if Darling's plan would have left us better off than we are - but we do know that Osbourne's drastic early austerity plan catastrophically failed. The economy is in a mess and ordinary people are losing their jobs now as a result.
  Hopefully, in 2015 the Tory toffs on the front bench will also be told 'your services are no longer required'."
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