Haunted words on Busted Britain

If ever ill chosen words come back to haunt you, consider Gordon Brown’s thresh against political rivals when he promised the Labour Party annual conference at Brighton in September 2000 there would be “No return to Tory boom and bust”

For the record, this is what he boasted: “We can today steer a course of stability at a time of uncertainty in the world economy without putting growth at risk.

“So we will not return to the old short-termism. There will be no sudden lurches in tax or spending policy.

“And there will be no irresponsible pre-election sprees or pay demands that put youth jobs or any jobs at risk. No change in our policy on Europe, support in principle for the single currency, in practise the five tests that have to be met. And no relaxing our fiscal rules.

“We will not put hard won economic stability at risk. No return to short-termism. No return to Tory boom and bust”, he added.

He’s has clearly broken every promise in the last few months and it’s showing in the opinion polls, despite government promises to spend our way out of the recession.

So, what’s happening now with Great Britain Limited, as the McBroon Government borrowing tops the £50 billion of the last Tory Government and they lurch around like “headless chickens” in an attempt to save the economy and their jobs. Gordon Brown has broken every fiscal rule in his own book and oversees a country busted in spirit and busted in kind.

The debts he’s run up could take several generations of punitive taxes to pay off as a forecast 3.1 million people lose their jobs and, for many breadwinners, the homes they have struggled to maintain.

For many Brits this is decision time: Do we stay or do we go? Grab the redundancy money while it’s on the table or take early retirement if that’s on offer or plan to do better in your own business by moving it to Spain?

Benidorm or Puerto Banus, for many businesses, could be in the Home Counties so far as the internet is concerned and reaching London doesn’t take much longer.

The Med lifestyle is a great improvement on over-crowded, over-governed Britain. If braving it out in Britain is not an option, think about Spain, where it costs 30% less for a better lifestyle, what’s left of your pension can be collected from a local bank or post office, and The Sun and Sky Sports are freely available within a totally relaxed way of living – and you might even live longer.

Cost of property purchase and running it are halved in Spain and there’s always a swimming pool or beach just a stroll away as well as a whole new country and culture to explore...