Tony B's 10 years in charge,did we ever have it so good?

30 minutes and not even a nibble, the forum's not what it was. Have you tried on politics?

aaah - the cheap credit housing bubble years when we could all borrow as much as we wanted and lived like kings!! great days - such a shame we got that nasty bill at the end....

sir denis -such a shame we got that nasty bill at the end....

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who was worse iyo?

nasty bill

or

evil gordon?

yes lets all blame 'evil' gordon - of course it wouldn't be our fault in any way for living beyond our means, would it?

Both Blair and Brown used the same trick.

Do everything possible to make homeowners feel wealthy so that they spend like there's no tomorrow.

If you let the banks lend any amount, to anybody, you can manage for a good few years.

Then, to keep the party going, slash interest rates and dump stamp duty. Once that's run it's course, print £200bn and watch it produces a massive 'growth' of .5%, proving that the recession is over and that the party can being.

The economics of one of their illiterate schoolchildren, the same schoolchildren who'll be paying for it.

yep that just about sums it up. and if they hadnt done that there's no way labour wudda got 3 terms in office. welcome to parliamentary democracy - innit great

The nutjob strikes again.

The thatcher years will never be bettered.

Shot to shiit by the election predictions. Staggering around like an MP at a free bar and still Dumb Doreen has this uncanny knack of coming up with em.

maybe good for us, not so good for the people in the sandy countries.