Blaming Brown
Peter Hoskin 12:41pm
A poll in today's FT finds that the public are - by and large - blaming Brown and his government for the current state of the economy. Over three-quarters of respondents thought that the government "bore at least some of the blame" for the current downturn, whilst 56 percent thought that ministers had "a lot, or complete, responsibility".
Of course, the finding's a blow for Brown, ahead of the launch of his economic recovery plan. But it could also add a dash of extra piquancy to the Tory spending cuts debate. The more the public turn against Brown and his tax ' n spend economics, the less risk there is attached to Cameron & Co. offering an alternative approach.
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Robin
August 26th, 2008 3:19pm Report this commentGordon Brown and his Polly Toynbee-like admirers have been found out.
'Let's spend even more money and see if that works' is not a policy.
The game is up and they know it; but the knife needs to be pushed in as far as possible.
Careful and coreographed announcements of fuiture tory policy on tax cuts now need to be drip fed to the electorate like Chinese water torture.
The tantalising announcement that inheritance tax ceilings would be raised caused exactly the degree of eited anticipation that will see Labour crushed at the next election.
mac
August 26th, 2008 3:51pm Report this commentEvidently La Toynbee herself doesn't agree that the game is up; witness her article in today's Guardian proposing still higher taxation. Not for the first time, most CiF posters deride her tired dogma but it makes no difference: whatever the question, Ms Toynbee's answer is always and tediously the same - equalization through extra taxation. Priceless PR for CCO! very helpful
David
August 26th, 2008 5:00pm Report this commentGood, because it's his fault. I'm actually a little disappointed it's only 3/4 people, but that's not a bad majority to be going with.
mitch
August 26th, 2008 5:52pm Report this commentWell if you insist for 10 years that the good times were down to you then you shouldn't be surprised when you gets blamed for the downturn,simple see.
Pedro
August 26th, 2008 9:54pm Report this commentI'm glad that people are finally seeing through the Labours desperate attempts (with the support, as usual, of much of the media) to blame the UKs economic woes on the 'Global economic crisis'.
Hysteria
August 27th, 2008 5:24am Report this commentthe issue should be spending cuts -not tax cuts
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