We get the Government we deserve .... baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Come the next election the sheep will line up to vote the same crowd in .... be they the current incumbents or the pretenders to the throne.
Electing people because their grandfathers fought in the Civil War or 'cos daddy has retired and I need to keep the dynasty going is no way to elect people who at the stoke of a pen can get our fair country into a black hole of debt.
No matter who's in the next time we're all going to suffer long term .... wages will be hit again, taxes will go up, new taxes will appear, utilities will rise, new utility bills will appear .... water, waste ... Gormley may be a distant memory after the next elction but some other Gormley will appear in his place.
I don't have faith in any party .... like mercman said .... nobody/no party has any idea what to do ... there is no plan to get us out of the hole we're in.
It's a reactive situation rather than a proactive one.
If people could see light at the end of the tunnel we'd grin and bear things knowing we'd eventually get through our problems but with the crowd leading us there's no light (and with the opposition as an alternative there'll be no light there either).
Back to OP's post .... Lehman or no Lehman .... our country had a Government that should have been able to analyse/plan for the future .... but no ... they developed the same 'let's go mad, borrow, borrow, spend, spend, spend ..... paying back? .... ah sure we'll worry about that tomorrow mentality.
Tomorrow is here lads ..... and still ye have ye're heads in the sand.
Who'll make up the shortfall? Ah sure the 'Tax Payer' will ... there's only so much left in the Tax Payer's pocket ... keep dipping into it and ye'll kill the golden goose.
There'll be no more eggs!