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Stephen Tall

Liberals and Tories row over national debt

By Stephen Tall | Sun 28th April 2013 - 10:25 am

Paying down the national debt: it’s always been a controversial issue. Here’s a Liberal poster (from the 1886 general election?) attacking the Tories for their failure to clear our debts:

liberal tory national debt 1885

For balance, here’s a Tory poster (from the same year?) accusing the Liberals of being high-spenders:

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    In the above, it should have said $100 billion EACH YEAR from 2009....
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    Something like International Development Bonds will be needed (with safeguards) to fill the vacuum left by cuts in foreign aid. Back in 2009, developed countrie...
  • tom arms
    Alan Jeffs, I don't have an exhaustive, but out of the following countries: Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Senegal, Tanzania...
  • Simon R
    Interesting idea. It would though effectively amount to loans, which would therefore place developing countries even more in debt - and there are still ongoing...
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