Think about it like this:
A council in Norfolk has a couple of acres of unused land. At the moment to make money they sell it to a developer. They get x ammount of money one off.

If they had the budget they could hire a housing contractor/architect build 100 houses, sell them or make them social housing. They'd get much more money this way.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 12:28, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Ok, so why has the labour government said they will carry on the cuts if they come in to power?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 27 Jun 2013, 12:30, Reply)

Because they're shit and have let the right wing win the argument based on specious logic.
Also elected officials don't trust public sector staff to do anything, except the army who are arguably the worst performing group of people on the government payroll.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 12:31, Reply)

It has gone down in the public memory that this is all their fault
They are repositioning themselves to appear different from their predecessors.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 12:33, Reply)

Again, this is a failure on their part by refusing to actually take the argument back
they have let it become known that they left the economy in a mess, but they didn't, it was growing when they lost power.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 12:34, Reply)