Titanic99 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 The figure was $9 trillion not £, so somewhere in the region of £7 trillion and that was over 3 years ago before the recession. To top it off, more than half that worth was based on the value of people’s mortgages. Now I know my eyesight is a bit suspect but that looks like a pound sign to me! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8405901.stm A country as rich as this and we can't give swimming to kids and Pensioners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic99 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 To the government sweet FA. Wouldn't that depend on whether or not the House was a Council House? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic99 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 I think you will find you have never given any credible evidence to that claim, even after repeated requests you do so. Your claims are lies and you keep perpetrating them even after being shown you're wrong. Actually I think that’s against forum rules as you are openly attempting to deceive people. Now, for the last time, please link the official figure used to back up your claim. This does look like 9 Trillion to me, an increase from 3 Trillion when Labour entered Government. What do you think it will be when the Tories and Libs have finished? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8405901.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic99 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Surely though central government should be held accountable for the amount money that they grant to local governments, then local governments should then be held accountable for what they do with the money? Agreed totally, which is why I started the thread about the need for cuts in Libdem/Tory held councils. I recognise if a Labour Council has spent far too much that under this new regime this will be reigned in, I just fail to see why it should happen to Libdem/Tory councils if they haven't spent the extra money in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 This does look like 9 Trillion to me, an increase from 3 Trillion when Labour entered Government. What do you think it will be when the Tories and Libs have finished? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8405901.stm This is interesting from your link, the most prosperous 20% of households held 62% of the £9 trillion, and half of households owned just 9% of the wealth. So instead of the country getting richer it looks like the rich have got richer, who would have thought this under a Labour government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Agreed totally, which is why I started the thread about the need for cuts in Libdem/Tory held councils. I recognise if a Labour Council has spent far too much that under this new regime this will be reigned in, I just fail to see why it should happen to Libdem/Tory councils if they haven't spent the extra money in the first place. I'd thought earlier on you'd agreed that it's the job of local governments to provide services with the funds given it by central government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 This does look like 9 Trillion to me, an increase from 3 Trillion when Labour entered Government. What do you think it will be when the Tories and Libs have finished? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8405901.stm I didn’t know the BBC where the official authority on the UK economy. However the latest BBC report on the subject quotes £7 trillion ($9 trillion): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10118346.stm Where’s your O.N.S published figure for this? The ONLY O.N.S figure published that I can find is this: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=479 Total net worth of the UK, including financial assets, at the end of 2008 was £6,954 billion. This is a decrease of £177 billion on the previous year. So again, please quote your official source for your claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 They swim for free OMG what next, someones got to take control of all these freebies I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 They swim for free OMG what next, someones got to take control of all these freebies I'm sure. Not any more, the government has announced that this will be stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 No, no you’re right. In actual fact wednesday1 was not backing up titanic’s claims, but was going slightly off topic to try and attack me, not for the first time I might add. My comments were about titanic’s blatant lies, while wednesday1 wants to talk about predictions that are subject to interpretation, that’s hardly the something though. What little pleasure wednesday1 gets out of the scale of labours defeat makes little difference and is off topic. ......Jackanory tell's the story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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