“I’m always honest with the British public” said Gordon Brown at his monthly press conference. Then, this: “There can be no argument about where we’ve been over the last few years on debt. Debt was reduced from 44% of national income to 37% at the latest count. And that is a fact.” No, Prime Minister, that is a lie. The latest count was in September, when the ONS said net national debt is 43.4% of GDP.
“Whatever else we want to argue about, let us be clear that we start from a low base in public debt. The question is what you do as a result of that… I just hope that the argument about the economy and where we’re heading can get to a sensible level here.” A sensible debate is one where the Prime Minister does not lie about UK national debt. He didn’t want to accept the ONS
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