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Lower borrowing than expected, strong retail sales

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longfingernails · 21/04/2011 21:30

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/8467368/Pound-climbs-as-retail-sales-and-borrowings-surprise.html

Our deficit is still an eyewatering £141bn, but that is at least £4bn less than forecast.

In general, there is good news from the private sector too. Shops are teeming and more new cars are being sold.

Of course, the BBC has chosen to hide this news well - it isn't even linked on their front page, because it doesn't fit their far-left worldview. But I am sure Labour mumsnetters will be much more eager to sing the praises of George Osborne.

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 22/04/2011 00:07

Makes you think, doesn't it, just why are the Tories hated so much? Must be a good reason.

Niceguy2 · 22/04/2011 00:03

Sometimes I do wonder if in some people's eyes, the Tories could do anything right. No doubt if David Cameron waved his magic wand and magic'ed away every world problem, people would claim the Tories were nasty for not giving them anything to moan about!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 21/04/2011 21:34

I heard this on Radio 4. BBC Radio 4. There goes your conspiracy theory.

headfairy · 21/04/2011 21:32

Or.... The government deliberately bigged up how much trouble we were in, over estimating the deficit so that when they delivered the good news they'd look like the good guys....

just offering the alternate view.