Peter Hoskin

Was Labour’s spending irresponsible?

An eyecatching claim from Ed Miliband, interviewed by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy:

“I don’t think our spending was irresponsible.”

And here’s a graph in response:

I’ll let CoffeeHousers draw their own conclusions.

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