US exits recession.

Canada will be, one of the countries set to do well imo.

And if Italy follow then there will only be one G7 country left in recession.

Anybody care to guess which one?

remember Blair repeatedly boasting about being fourth biggest economyin the world. 7th now.

What cannot be argued is that this is to do with the world recession. These are relative measures, we are faring relatively worse.

Don't expect a sensible reply chippie, there isn't one.

Brown now claims to have said 'no more Tory boom and bust' rather than just 'no more boom and bust'. Selective memory perhaps??

In the 2006 budget, he said: "As I have said before Mr deputy speaker: No return to boom and bust".

Going back further, in his conference speech of 2004, he said: "No longer the boom-bust economy, Britain has had the lowest interest rates for forty years".

On 5 April 2000, in a speech to British Chambers of Commerce national conference, Brown said the government had established its new monetary framework "to avoid the historic British problem - the violence of the repeated boom and bust cycles of the past".

The word Tory is strangely absent.

Whats the implication of having "Tory" in any way? "Labour boom and bust" is in some way okay?

Exactly, it's typically pathetic of the man. Rather than just admit he should never said it in the first place, he puts himself in the position of somehow saying that Labour boom and bust is preferable to the Tory version. Ridiculous.

sadly, all this being 4th biggest economy was built on debt and borrowing, it`s been a wretched government, startin with Brown hiving off our gold reserves

No more boom and bust, just bogeys.

Gordon says its not boom and bust so he must be right - nasty Torys!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehry3eyQTuY&feature=related

Great to see Gordon s advice to Obama pay off

Absolutley. The nobel peace prize should really have been split between the two of these great men of principle and judgement.

Italy will not be coming out of recession

Suspect you're right Wil. Might spare Brown's brushes slightly. To be fair, the Italians have an even bigger t*t than Brown as their PM.

HM, the Italians dont think so. They really dont get as upset as us about scandal, he'll be judged on what he does and plenty of Italians think he's good for them.

The Italians might not think so, but that's largely because Berlusconi controls vast swathes of the media and uses it as a propaganda machine.

Brown is merely a deluded and incompetent fool. Berlusconi is a Grade A despicable ** with an utter contempt for the Italian public and the rule of law. He makes Richard Nixon look like a saint.

Italy a very divided country. divide between left and right is very stated and very little rush for the centre as there has been in most other european countries.

Would agree that Berlusconi is a disgrace. Embodies the worst attributes a politician can and still flourishes

Where are the towering intellects of the left to join us in this joyous news?

Gus, toop toop, Dr J, Crappen, baracouda, tonkability and all you other half wits. Where are you in our hour of need?

How could I miss pussycat off that list?

Pussyclart

show me the lies

they know the game's up

Would agree that Berlusconi is a disgrace. Embodies the worst attributes a politician can and still flourishes

Clicked to soon.

Was going to say that he has an awful lot in common with the load of self-serving shysters we have as M.P.'s

Berlusconi has mentored Tony very well hasn't he ?

Why do lefties have to justify this? Having an economy based on financial services, the retail sector and house prices, without actually producing anything people wanted to buy, was always going to end in tears. And as far as I can remember, our economy has been based around this things for the last 25 years, not the last 12.

Italy has exited recession.
Truly we are uniquely placed.

Bravo Bottler!!

You seem delighted that we are still in recession; if thats the case you wont have long to wait for the next one if the Tories win the election.