Comments on: Economic optimism from Gordon Brown

By: Ray Turner

Ray Turner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:36:00 +0000

I’d rather see realism and pragmatism from political leaders than optimism. It’s a much healthier starting point for policy decisions…

Perry Neeham — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:49:19 +0000

Ha, ha, ha. Very amusing. Why not ask him about the disparity between figures when NuLab took over and today

Unemployment -
1997 2.050 million
2009 2.261 million

CPI inflation -
1997 1.6%
2009 2.2%

Balance of trade -
1997 2.039 billion surplus
2009 8.267 billion deficit

Public sector borrowing -
1997 3.822 billion
2009 19.861 billion

Industrial output – (base 2003=100)
1997 99.3
2009 88.2

Manufacturing employment -
1997 4.528 million
2009 2.942 million

Public sector employment -
1997 6.676 million
2009 8.145 million

???????????

Hat tip to plato-says.blogspot.com

Anthony Martin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:25 +0000

Who’s he trying to kid?!
Try telling those who are joining the millions out of work or benefit.

Simon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:04 +0000

Given his track record and his inability to see what everyone else is seeing, why bother reporting his optimism?

All of his other recent predictions have failed miserably.

We are in a deep recession – we are not out of it yet – by a very long way.

Ask him about freezing student support for those who need it most.

Ask him about leaving postal workers without a pension

Ask him about why his Chancellor is being sidelined by an unelected peer who had to resign twice from government in disgrace.

Get some real answers to some real questions – we know you can do it