Factcheck : UK fastest growing economy in the world (chunkymark aka the artist taxi driver)

[ktlight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi-1sRixQ_Q

"George Osborne said on the airwaves that UK is the fastest growing economy in the world. Why are there 90,000 children homeless this Xmas. Why haven't people got better wages, why are their wages going backwards. Why was 1% payrise rejected. Why are people poor, why can't they afford to heat their homes - if we really are the fastest growing economy in the world?

WHAT'S GROWING IS MP'S WAGES, BANKER'S BONUSES, THE DEBT."

[Eric J (Viking)]

Yep...has Mr Osbourne or anyone got any stats to prove this??

Viking

[yelik]

It's run up to election time, so conning lieing and bribing the unwitting electorate is the order of the day, they have played these games for 100's of years, whAt's new?

[aranuk]

I remember a poster with Mother Teresa feeding the poor in India and the poster was saying " If you feed the poor they call you a saint, if you ask why the people are poor they call you a Communist".

So right.

Stan

[kemo]

Osborne inherited a growing economy and killed that growth with his austerity measures. The economy has flatlined since and while growth has picked up recently this in spite of Osborne not because of, and this growth has yet to filter through to the poor. The poor who have borne the brunt of Osborne's austerity while the bankers and the elitre who benefited from the ponzi economy are unaffected. Osborne was also hopelessly optimistic that he could pay off the deficit in one parliament whereas the deficit (90% of which was due to bailing out the banks) has gone up more since 2010 than it did under 10 years of Labour. Not that there's alot to choose between in many ways. If this is economic success god knows what failure would be like. Osborne et al don't give a **** anyway of course - they've still got their money to fall back on. Garrotting is too good for 'em!

[yelik]

The deficit figures cover just one year, difference between tax income and Government spend. National debt is cumulative which Is something like £10 trillion which they never mention. If interest rates rises Government finances are doomed

Western economies are lock stock broke and You cannot believe any of the figures or government rhetoric. God only knows how much they syphon out of the figures to keep the secrets and fund exotic technology development