Ernst & Young ITEM club…
“Britain is probably in recession and likely to remain stalled until the second half of the year.”

If Dave Were President He’d Have Resigned By Now | Alex Wickham
Loongate: What Happened in the Blue Boar Bar | Simon Walters
Feldman’s Tennis Days With Dave | Telegraph
How Geoffrey Howe Has Lost the Debate | Robin Shepherd
Dave Has Lost Control on Europe | Geoffrey Howe
Lib Dems Should Support EU Referendum | LibDemVoice
Feldman’s Denial | Fraser Nelson
Obama’s Presidency is Imploding | Nile Gardiner
Miliband Could Be a Great PM | Thomas Pascoe
What Are You Really Paying in Income Tax? | TPA
Galloway’s Mad Month | The Commentator

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Tom Harris bemoans the public’s attitude to politicians…
“Mr Oborne echoes the lazy, anti-politics whine we hear so often these days, all based on the absurd notion that politicians were once loved and only fell out of public favour during the expenses scandal. He should take a walk to the Strangers’ Bar. But not to sup with the patrons he seems to despise so much, dearie me, no; he should instead look at the paintings on the corridor outside the bar, which depict the devastating fire which consumed most of the Palace in 1834. And he should reflect on the fact that on that dramatic night, as the Commons went up in flames, a crowd gathered on the South Bank to clap and cheer.”

The thing that Dave needs to work out is which group is more likely to vote Conservative. Mad swivel-eyed loons or mad homosexuals wishing to get married.




So growing growth closer to election? With that and Ed? #DUEMA
Recession? I shan’t believe it until George says it’s true.
Why is everybody so surprised? We know Gordon fucked the economy and we know it takes around 4 years to turn things round. It’s not a double dip – we never got out of recession.
Tories and recessions go together like a horse and carriage
Tory’s are just like street cleaners clearing up the trash after an obscene labour party
its not a recession, it is part of an on-going economic depression. House prices need to fall back to normals levels before we can have a recovery.