The Budget 2015 – 12:30

Freakbro · 18 Mar 2015 at 12:59

A budget surplus predicted in 2018/19....I'll take that with the same pinch of salt used from when he said in 2010 the budget deficit would be gone by 2015...

WillyNelson · 18 Mar 2015 at 12:59

I'd like to see Ed Balls' face while this statement is being given. I bet he looks like a man trying to bluff an all in poker hand with a 2 and a 7.

Judgeneo · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:02

So far so good, seems a little more realistic than in previous budgets

Sunbed · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:03

Amp34 said:
Great, because Dams are a great environmently and economically friendly way to generate electricity...

(Sarcasm before anyone asks...)

We already have a lot of clean water reservoirs that we use for supplying our homes and water companies are looking at installing small turbines to take advantage of the potential energy. It could be to do with that.

Regardless, your comment is daft because in many ways dams are an extremely 'environmently and economically friendly way to generate electricity' minus the sarcasm. :confused:

atpbx · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:03

Not good listening for labour, Gideon is on course for a flawless victory.

atpbx · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:05

Freakbro said:
Wow, everything in the economy is so rosy in The World according to ~~Garp~~ George, it makes you wonder why there has to be such austerity measures against public services to come....

That's why he is chancellor of the exchequer and you do what ever you do.

anything I don't mind · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:09

hs3? since when has hs2 been approved? i thought hs2 was scrapped?

New loans for students will only further exasperate the tertiary education problem. The government just messes everything up.

Government budget aka how is government going to waste your money this year.

Cosimo · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:09

Freakbro said:
A budget surplus predicted in 2018/19....I'll take that with the same pinch of salt used from when he said in 2010 the budget deficit would be gone by 2015...

Given that he was faced with the awful mess that Labour left after many years of mismanagement it's not surprising that he couldn't be more accurate with his forecast in the emergency budget statement made just after the election.

Duke · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:09

WillyNelson said:
I'd like to see Ed Balls' face while this statement is being given. I bet he looks like a man trying to bluff an all in poker hand with a 2 and a 7.

Haha

Labour are being served. Con-Lib has worked, hope we get the same again.

Glaucus · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:11

Funny, but liking what I hear so far.
So hope labour don't get back in and screw it all up.

Freakbro · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:12

atpbx said:
That's why he is chancellor of the exchequer and you do what ever you do.

Why's that, because he can talk b****** with spurious predictions and I'm actually qualified for my profession?

Cosimo · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:12

What was that about Labour not being a band of brothers?

Mynight · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:13

Idk I think you both talk it very well

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what do you do?

I would be happy to see another con-lib government. Conservatives are making the hard choices maybe not well but they're making them and the libs are stopping them going OTT.

Sunbed · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:13

Duke said:
Con-Lib has worked, hope we get the same again.

I agree. As governments go, this has been a pretty good one.

Freakbro · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:13

Cosimo said:
Given that he was faced with the awful mess that Labour left after many years of mismanagement it's not surprising that he couldn't be more accurate with his forecast in the emergency budget statement made just after the election.

Sure, so lets see what your reasons are in 2019 when this ones missed too

platypus · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:14

atpbx said:
That's why he is chancellor of the exchequer and you do what ever you do.

Freakbro said:
Why's that, because he can talk b****** with spurious predictions and I'm actually qualified for my profession?

.

Freakbro · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:14

Cosimo said:
What was that about Labour not being a band of brothers?

That one was funny, I'll give him that

platypus · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:14

Duke said:
Haha Labour are being served. Con-Lib has worked, hope we get the same again.

I'm inclined to agree, this seems like a decent budget.

Glaucus · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:16

Sunbed said:
I agree. As governments go, this has been a pretty good one.

Agreed, I was very much against a coalition, thinking they could never agree and so never implement anything. Happy to say I was wrong and hope we have it again.
However the majority of lib voters are dumb and won't vote for them again. Then don't seem to understand they didn't win, they weren't even the largest part of government and so can't implement what they want.

neil3k · 18 Mar 2015 at 13:17

And he wants to mark the 600th anniversary of Agincourt. Shakespeare referred to that as a victory for a “band of brothers”. That is not an option for Labour, but it was a victory against an opposition in alliance with the Scots. It is worth spending money marking it, he says.

wat.