18-11-2010, 01:38 AM
The Offending Letter
Here is the text of the Offending letter that the CBI 35 signed.
This text is taken from the Daily Telegraph, the Conservative Party's in-house rag.
SIR – It has been suggested that the deficit reduction programme set out by George Osborne in his emergency Budget should be watered down and spread over more than one parliament. We believe that this would be a mistake.
Addressing the debt problem in a decisive way will improve business and consumer confidence. Reducing the deficit more slowly would mean additional borrowing every year, higher national debt, and therefore higher spending on interest payments.
The cost of delay would result in almost £100 billion of additional national debt by the end of this parliament alone. In the end, the result would be deeper cuts, or further tax rises, in order to pay for the extra debt interest.
The cost of delay could be even greater than this. As recent events in some European countries have demonstrated, if the markets lose faith in Britain, interest rates will rise for all of us.
There is no reason to think that the pace of consolidation envisaged in the Budget will undermine the recovery.
The private sector should be more than capable of generating additional jobs to replace those lost in the public sector, and the redeployment of people to more productive activities will improve economic performance, so generating more employment opportunities.
So, each writing in our personal capacity, we would encourage George Osborne and the Government to press ahead with his plans to reduce the deficit.
In the long run it will deliver a healthier and more stable economy.
While these 'business leaders' sit confortably in their boardrooms the lives of millions of working people are being ruined. Let us make the Conservatives' claim that 'we are all in this together' come true. Let's share our pain with those supporting those who cause it by boycotting their stores and products.
The Businesses and Brands that we Urge You to Boycott
Here is the text of the Offending letter that the CBI 35 signed.
This text is taken from the Daily Telegraph, the Conservative Party's in-house rag.
SIR – It has been suggested that the deficit reduction programme set out by George Osborne in his emergency Budget should be watered down and spread over more than one parliament. We believe that this would be a mistake.
Addressing the debt problem in a decisive way will improve business and consumer confidence. Reducing the deficit more slowly would mean additional borrowing every year, higher national debt, and therefore higher spending on interest payments.
The cost of delay would result in almost £100 billion of additional national debt by the end of this parliament alone. In the end, the result would be deeper cuts, or further tax rises, in order to pay for the extra debt interest.
The cost of delay could be even greater than this. As recent events in some European countries have demonstrated, if the markets lose faith in Britain, interest rates will rise for all of us.
There is no reason to think that the pace of consolidation envisaged in the Budget will undermine the recovery.
The private sector should be more than capable of generating additional jobs to replace those lost in the public sector, and the redeployment of people to more productive activities will improve economic performance, so generating more employment opportunities.
So, each writing in our personal capacity, we would encourage George Osborne and the Government to press ahead with his plans to reduce the deficit.
In the long run it will deliver a healthier and more stable economy.
While these 'business leaders' sit confortably in their boardrooms the lives of millions of working people are being ruined. Let us make the Conservatives' claim that 'we are all in this together' come true. Let's share our pain with those supporting those who cause it by boycotting their stores and products.
The Businesses and Brands that we Urge You to Boycott
- ASDA
- B&Q
- Bailey's
- Beefeater Restaurants
- BT Group
- Carphone Warehouse
- Costa Coffee
- Dunelm Mills
- Early Learning Centre
- Gordon's Gin
- Guinness
- Harvey Nichols
- Hornby
- Johnny Walker
- L.K. Bennett
- Lipsy
- London Book Fare
- Marks & Spencer
- Meccano
- Microsoft
- Motability
- Mothercare
- Next
- Ocado
- Pausa Coffee Shops
- Premier Inns
- Red Stripe
- Rolls-Royce
- Screwfix
- Smirnoff
- Umeco
- Veetee Rice
- Ventura
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
