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Isn't it the "media savvy Tories, Labs and Libs" slick PR that tends to steer people to UKIP in the first place, in a sort of back-firing kinda way?

I agree that there is currently a blip in the deficit reduction but the overall trend for this parliamentary term is down. (Net borrowing in 2009/10 was £153bn pa; current net borrowing is £99bn pa)

Is Osborne still running at a deficit because he wants to or because it's impossible to reduce 13 years of deficit at the drop of a hat? I thought people were moaning at Osborne in the first couple of years of this parliament for trying to reduce the deficit too quickly. Now he's being criticised for not doing it quickly enough....?

Perhaps Read should have stuck to banning other people's songs....

Blimey....that's almost as low as it was under the heady days of Blair and Brown....

Which of Brown's 2010 manifesto policies would have caused the national debt to have risen at a slower rate than it has under the Tories?

So, what's the solution? (other than trying to squeeze more tax out of "the rich" than New Labour ever aspired to)

http://www.ukip.org/policies_for_people

An interesting look back at the status of the UK's national debt back in 2009: http://www.debtbombshell.com/uk-national-debt.htm

That's one way of looking at it.

I think that's a good summary. People hang onto stats that tell them we don't have an immigration problem per se. However, these same people are the first to have a pop when governments are reactive rather than proactive to problems. There is a risk that immigration *could* increase to a level that stretches our infrastructure too far (some would argue we've already reached that point) so what can possibly be wrong with the concept of introducing sensible controls so that current and future governments can preempt problems rather than deal with problems once the horse has long since bolted? All seems like common sense to me.

What's more "uncomfortable"? Sitting on the fence or questioning those that do?

What a fabulous story - thanks for sharing. This is what football should be all about and kudos to Pelle and the club for making it happen. Great stuff.

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http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29705901

I think people may be missing the point regarding Dan? I think he's supposed to be somewhat dour, in a Karl Pilkington kinda way. Obviously needs some work but a decent enough start IMO.

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Sky Sports News video report of the same story: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152453192372671