Quote Originally Posted by Nick View Post
Can you remind me what happened to the economy the last time Labour were in power?
Sure. The shadow chancellor, a certain George Osborne, backed every one of Labour's spending plans and also backed their decision to bail out the banks following the 2008 crash. He has subsequently confirmed this during the last year in a major TV interview.

It would therefore be safe to assume that the economy in 2010 would have been in a similar state regardless of whether Conservatives or Labour were previously in power, so if you're trying to lever some political stance here, you've failed catastrophically.