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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
After watching David Cameron on the news tonight I am beginning to wonder if any of the politicians live in the real world. As we all know we are in a major recession but he decides to come to Manchester and start talking about getting people back into work 
Don't get me wrong I am all for the "can't work won't work brigade" being dealt with but why in the middle of a recession do both parties decide they will try and tackle this issue? To me neither party knows which way to move to improve things so they try to deflect attention away from what is a serious issue. And why do they always come North to try and get the point across? Most of our major manufacturing jobs are long gone. Is unemployment not rife down South? It just riles me when they come North to try and make theirselves look as if they are trying to tackle an issue. Surely the "can't work won't work brigade" live all over the country but once again the Norths problems are high-lighted!!!! |
He was invited to Manchester by M.E.N. He got asked a question about what he was going to do about benefits cheats, by a member of the public. Too damn right benefits cheats should be tackled!
What he had to say was going ahead with improvements in public transport in Manchester, where as the government are not putting the funding in because Manchester voted against the congestion charge.
He wants government to guarantee business loans to get the banking sector moving again. He can see that the £37 billion put into the banking system is NOT working. It is not getting credit moving. We need to make it move if we want a recovery rather than a depression.
He said the Bank of England should be put back in charge of regulating credit and debt in the economy. Which Gordon Brown removed in 1998, and hence why we are in this banking mess, as they've had no regulation.
Sensible suggestions, I'm glad he is not ignoring the very important North.