Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
Yeah, I had a few mates lose their jobs. One had a House repossessed.

I remember expenses scandals, cut backs, low morale, airlines going bust when people were abroad, a pretty severe recession, lads dying in Afghanistan, house price collapse, negative equity, bank bailouts using our money, unemployment being far higher than it is now.

Was no picnic. The world hasn't been the same since before the 2008 crash really.
Tough times caused by a global economic crash. Not even the Tories accused Labour of doing anything wrong back then, in fact they backed Labour's spending plans year on year.