Official Budget 2009 coverage Thread ***Spoilers****

[Northern Munkee]

I figure as I'm having an afternoon off work in front of my TV, that like the F1 coverage, I thought an official thread might be entertaining in a gallows kind of way.

Spoilers mentioned in case someone is sky+ it to watch later.

Watching on BBC news channel, PMQs, Cameron has had ago about coming clean, winky falling back on old rhetoric about a global banking crisis.

Its warming up nicely and nastily!!!

[Northern Munkee]

Live on line coverage from BBC on line

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7459669.stm

[Northern Munkee]

Oh question on expenses and flat day allowance!!!

A. winky a question for MPs!!!

Edited by Northern Munkee on Wednesday 22 April 12:26

[ewenm]

I was going to watch it live, but I get so irritated by the bunch of schoolchildren in the Commons that I can't. Are these people meant to be our leaders?

[Northern Munkee]

ewenm said:

I was going to watch it live, but I get so irritated by the bunch of schoolchildren in the Commons that I can't. Are these people meant to be our leaders?

I agree yah boo politics.

[Republik]

They are like animals. Yelping, cheering and booing. I find it pathetic.

[escargot]

I'm watching live.

[Northern Munkee]

Well here we ago eyebrows taking a slurp. Deep breath, lemmings to the cliff please

[Republik]

He also keeps saying we can't make cuts. So basically tax increases so we can spend our way out of this st. tt.

[Northern Munkee]

But blaming foreigners again...

[Poledriver]

They only need to protect the essential UK resources from themselves!

[mattviatura]

Anyone remember the Muppets? Check out Beaker, aka Treasury Minister Steven Timms

[Northern Munkee]

Growth beginning before the end of the year, world economy to double in 20 years and were best placed to benefit. HELLO ANYONE HOME!!!

[ewenm]

Northern Munkee said:

Growth beginning before the end of the year, world economy to double in 20 years and were best placed to benefit. HELLO ANYONE HOME!!!

It's the way he can make statements like that without having to justify them. If I did that in a meeting, I'd have to prove the figures. Cloud cuckoo land the whole lot of them.

[Northern Munkee]

He's seems to be advocating part time working and casual employment subsidised by tax credits. Who's going to pay for that?

[gtdc]

Northern Munkee said:

He's seems to be advocating part time working and casual employment subsidised by tax credits. Who's going to pay for that?

That'll be us.

[mattviatura]

Us

[BigJonMcQuimm]

-3.5% contraction this year with recovery at teh end of the year.

Lying

[tank slapper]

Haha growth by the end of the year. Righto.

[escargot]

tank slapper said:

Haha growth by the end of the year. Righto.

:shakeshead:

What planet is he on precisely?