Under Labour the UK's borrowing has risen to 53% of GDP. That means we are using 53% of the country's income to pay back the loans which leaves 47% to run the country. The country has to tighten its belt, just the same as any household would have to do in the same situation, and increase income somehow to pay the bills. It is going to be a tough 5-10 years to sort this mess out but imagine if Labour had remained in power, more and more borrowing would have meant the UK would have been bankrupt. The public should remember who caused this hardship, Labour not the Coalition. The Coalition have to sort this mess out and get the country back on its feet.
An additional point; no doubt we will hear the chant soon of the Tories bashing the Unions again. I would just like to say that in 32 years of being a member of the Fire Brigades Union (considered radical by some newspapers) I had to go on strike only twice, and each time it was against a Labour Government. Under Tory Governments talks and debates solved the problems to both sides satisfaction. In fact it was the Tories who gave us a pay formula which worked well, for both sides, for 25 yrs, Labour came to power and scrapped that deal and straight away became confrontational! Give me the Tories every time!
