Quote: Standee "nothing to do with Labour, they only had 13 years to fix the "mess" that the Tories left afterall.'"
Massive inbvestment in the NHS, new schools programme, minimum wage etc etc etc
Here's a view of the recent historic debt situation as a percentage of GDPhttp://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/ukgs_line.php?title
Looks like Labour didn't do too badly paying down the debt left by the previous Tory administration, while still investing in healthcare & education. Now remind me, in what year did the banking crisis hit?