Monday, Oct 08, 2007

Darling's latest BS

Reuters: Darling says UK well placed to withstand credit squeeze

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is in a much stronger position than many other countries to withstand a global credit squeeze, Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Sunday.

Posted by aloha @ 09:05 AM (262 views) Add Comment

2 Comments

1. planning4acrash said...

"he could opt for a cut in tax on home purchases and inherited wealth to blunt the attraction of the Conservatives' promises"

That's not what we need, its the relative buying power of residential investors that has first time buyers in the dock. We need mortgage repayment tax rebates taken from buy to let's to rebalance the market, not some compromise botch job of a tax cut for first time buyers, which will merely inflate the price of the average first time buyer property.

Monday, October 8, 2007 01:34PM Report Comment
 

2. Aloha said...

UK is better placed than .... let me have a thought.... Iraq? Malaysia? Vatican City???

Monday, October 8, 2007 02:20PM Report Comment
 

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