The Taxpayers’ Alliance has done the research leg-work and confirms that Brown’s debt bubble is twice what it cost to defeat the Kaiser.*
Total Debt increase 1914 – 1919 (2007 value):
£255,106,544,018
Total Debt planned 2008/09 – 2013/14 (PBR):
£512,000,000,000
(For full methodology, see Sources & Methodology)
*They are trying to find reliable data for the cost of WWII at the moment.
