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The blame the bankers gambit

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One of the political themes of 2009 is going to be how Labour tries to shift the blame for the fact that the economy is not recovering. Just before Christmas, Pete highlighted how Brown was suggesting that the forecast that the recession would be over by the third quarter might be too optimistic because the banks aren’t lending again.

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