Saturday, January 17, 2009

Chipmunk: We Cannot Spend Our Way Out Of Recession

I've just been watching STRAIGHT TALK in which Hazel Blears is given a half hour grilling by Andrew Neil. Right at the end of the interview she says...
"We cannot spend our way out of the recession."

Er, shome mishtake shurely. Isn't that exactly what her government is doing?

Watch it HERE.
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15 comments:

  1. Jim BaxterJanuary 17, 2009 1:36 pm

    Thinks it is doing/wants us to think it is doing - shurely.

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  2. Lord Elvis of PaisleyJanuary 17, 2009 1:46 pm

    Definitely off-message

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  3. Cate MunroJanuary 17, 2009 1:55 pm

    Yes but it WAS Hazel Blears! What do we expect?!

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  4. Michael HeaverJanuary 17, 2009 2:00 pm

    Uh oh.

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  5. CatosaysJanuary 17, 2009 2:49 pm

    Oooh dear, methinks yon chipmunk is going to get her botty spanked for daring to tell the truth.

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  6. ConandJanuary 17, 2009 3:27 pm

    'Isn't that exactly what her government is doing?'

    Well, it is what they are trying to do. Whether it will actually take us out of recession is something else.
    Labour's orbital mind-control laser was certainly malfunctioning, the people's revolutionary government only invests money, it doesn't spend it.

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  7. Dick the PrickJanuary 17, 2009 3:54 pm

    Well, it's an economic downturn so perhaps things are different. Is she lining up for afterwards?

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2009 4:05 pm

    Ooops, she was off piste with that message wasn't she. No doubt her pager failed moments before going on air.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2009 4:18 pm

    Interesting that - They seem to have the consistency of a manic depressive on spending!

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  10. Inspector MorseJanuary 17, 2009 4:23 pm

    Blimee! There goes another tax-payer funded Nokia. And bleeding nail-beds.

    PS The Captcha word for me to post this is BUMICATS. That could be a great new PC acceptable expletive at No 10. Mandy, are you reading this?

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  11. Man in a ShedJanuary 17, 2009 5:21 pm

    Sometimes you get the feeling Hazel knows the game is up.

    Thankfully she won't have to duck far to avoid the flying mobile phone at the cabinet table.

    She'll do better in opposition - if she can hold her seat.

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  12. 50 CalibreJanuary 17, 2009 7:00 pm

    The chipmunk is right for once. We actually have to WORK our way out of the recession... There is no easy option.

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  13. RonBJanuary 17, 2009 8:14 pm

    I don’t know who this woman Hazel Blear is, but from her comments I would imagine her mother and father are ashamed of her and her opinions.
    Her parents point was to put your best foot forward no matter what, but of course the director of the film wanted the authentic ‘working class’ not someone who lives in a 2 up 2 down in Salford who wants something better for their children.

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  14. BrianSJJanuary 18, 2009 2:58 pm

    This is no time for a do-nothing chipmunk.

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  15. TwigJanuary 18, 2009 5:41 pm

    If we spend enough money on chinese made imports, china will not suffer a recession - simple.

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