In a grandiose editorial proclaiming Labour “cannot be trusted to rebuild Britain”, the Telegraph this morning showed that it cannot be trusted to tell the truth on the economy.
Today’s leader column ranted:
The slogan for this week’s Labour conference in Manchester is “Rebuilding Britain”.
Is this supposed to be a joke? After all, this is the party that squandered a golden economic legacy during its 13 years in office, leaving the country deeper in debt than at any time in its history?
Britain “deeper in debt than at any time in its history”?? Not according to the facts, as the graph below shows:
One might ask, is today’s Torygraph “supposed to be a joke”?!
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7 Responses to “Shocking economic illiteracy from the Telegraph”
Newsbot9
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Newsbot9
Yes, you’re an ignorant fraud, self-admitted politician. The books are there, you’re saying “burn them” rather than pay your tax.