The Petty Squabbling Begins

We are only into day four of the New Year, and already the Conservative and Labour parties are starting to square up to each other. It just seems rather petty that, as usual, the slanging matches and innuendo will grow as we get nearer to the General Election.

According to a speech by Chancellor Alistair Darling the Tories have made over £45bn of promises, but can barely explain how they can pay for a quarter of this. This leaves them with a credibility gap of £34bn.




"These are not long forgotten promises from another time. All have been confirmed in the last two years. Most have been repeated in the last few months.

"You can't fight an election on a nod and a wink; sometimes claiming you are committed to these promises, and when challenged claiming you are not."

Mr Cameron said this was "junk", and that Mr Darling's comments were not based on actual promises made by his party.

Wouldn’t it just be wonderful if these people got around a table and tried to solve the many problems their parties have created?