Brown said we were best placed in Europe to deal with the recession, instead we had the deepest recession, and were the last country in Europe to come out of it

and now our economy is growing the fastest.

Because the others have levelled off having been in front before us?

The economy is growing thanks to the hard work of business staff and leaders, people who Gordon Brown says do not understand the economy or business. If Brown is re-elected and implements his tax on employment, the green shoots will disappear over night. And of course as Monmouth Wire correctly said, the rest of The EU levelled out months ago

quite. i'd have a read of this if i was you, it's the mail, but the quotes it uses are from fairly 'reliable' sources/publications

rlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232897/Manufacturing-decline-Labour-greater-Margaret-Thatcher.htmlrl

Which business staff and leaders are these? Not the bankers, I take it.

What are the total figures, not percentages? That is what matters.

I would like a party that would want to put British Manufacturing high on the agenda.
I genuinely don't know which party that would be, anyone help me, which party would be the best in this respect ?

What point are you trying to make?

So it isn't the Brown led recession that is the issue. It is selling the gold prior to a peak that is the issue. It must be to finance the decimated hospital and schools stock. But no, it will need paying back over a twenty five year period that is totally unsustainable. I'll tell you what, we'll keep the gold and retain the NHS, education and housing stock.

This is what annoys me about the Tories. Honestly do you think we are all stupid?? Money has to come from somewhere and something has to give. What are the tories proposing then???

If you focused on telling people what you would do right rarther than just pointing out what Labour may have got wrong, you would have a much better chance of winning over undecided voters.

Tories are going to cut waste and bureaucracy. (jobs)

i've no idea, i'm sure they can be found at the sources named in the article. but why do they matter more...?

Because the service sector could have grown so much that manufacturing would have decreased as a percentage of overall national wealth, but by how much you can't tell from the percentages.

And what's wrong with that? The private sector are doing it so you're suggesting that the public sector should be spared?

No one is owed a living.