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Economy ....
Gordon Brown claims that 'he' has achieved stability and economic growth through his 'prudent' management of the economy.

As is common with New Labour the facts are very different to the claims they make .......

Gordon Brown Claims: Labour have achieved the longest period of economic growth in Britain for hundreds of years ......

FALSE !
the facts are :

  • Current economic growth started in 1992 (under the Tories)
  • Brown kept rigidly to Tory policies until the 4th year of the Labour Government (2001) - so the success was not his it was keeping to Tory policies - But since then under Brown's policies things have changed for the worse .....
  • Britain's economic growth rate was just 2.8% between 1998 and 2004 (compared to earlier growth rates of 3.2% under the Tories) it is declining and failing under Brown's policies.
  • Britain's international competitiveness has fallen from 9th in the world (1997) down to 22nd in 2004
  • Until 1997 there was a steady inward investment of global companies setting up new facilities in Britain and creating new jobs, since Labour came to power inward investment has virtually dried up and there has been a steady exodus of global businesses exporting jobs from Britain to more favourable economic environments.
  • Britain has lost 1 million manufacturing jobs since Labour came to power and is currently still losing them while the US and Europe show good growth in manufacturing jobs
  • Since 1997 Britains share of world trade has dropped by 20% under Labour from 5.1% down to 4.4%
  • Since 1997 Britain's trade deficit has grown from virtually nil trade deficit in 1997 to £40 billion a year in 2004.
  • Waste in the Public sector is growing rapidly, Government statistics show that productivity in the Civil service has fallen by 20% since 1997. Removing that would be equal to a 6p reduction in the basic rate of Income Tax, bringing it down to 16p as a basic rate.

Gordon Brown Claims : "Britain is strong among our main competitiors where in the early 1990s we were weak"

FALSE !
The facts are: As above that Britain has fallen a long way down the international competitiveness league, has lost 20% of its world trade, has lost manufacturing when other countries are growing, has lost inwards investmant, has a huge and growing trade deficit where before there was none.

Not mentioned above is that Red Tape under New Labour has added £40 billion a year to British businesses' costs make it far less competitive in the global market place. That is why manufacturing jobs are disappearing week after week and inward investment has dried up.

Gordon Brown Claims : That he avoided a recession and has broken the cycle of 'Boom and Bust' - but then so did the Gobal economy .... so it's hardly been his achievement......

 
 
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Record Violent Crime levels
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Education in decline, standards falling, school violence increasing
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Pensions Robbed and in crisis
Runaway Illegal Immigration
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