The Party Line.

There is a large and virulent caucus of people in this country that wait for the cue of a government soundbite then start chattering, like chickens in a shed where somebody has set off a firework.
They are dispersed among us like the evangelical emissaries of the anti-Christ, and one of their most common boasts on behalf of New Labour is that we have had ten uninterrupted years of growth, and Gordon Brown has put an end to boom'n'bust.

The truth is somewhat different.
It has taken seven whole years for share prices to even approach levels to be found before 2000.

There is a gaping hole in the pension provisions of millions due to Gordon confiscating the funds.

The run on Northern Rock was the first run on a British bank for 140 years.

The economy is like my car; it is clapped out, and hasn't been serviced recently.
They are both going to break down.
The car will be repaired or replaced.
The British economy will resume the downward spiral of the sixties and seventies.(I'm backing Britain anyone?)
But will we notice?
Not at first.
Because we are relying on Red China to entrap us into reverse balances with ever cheaper material goods to keep the population docile, and by the time we notice, they hope to have us by the balls.