Vacay: Part 1

So this blogger went on a lil excursion to Parliament today (: I know I didn't classify technically as a tourist but Teen Stalker still went on its first vacation in my eyes! So as the title may reveal I have MUCH to say. PMQ's were heated and interesting. At least it seemed that way.......

So to kick things off (and probably taking up a whole entry on it's own) we have the apocalypse - i mean recession. Camcam had lots to say. Well he said a lot of words. The problem was his points didn't really differentiate much, he was rather pushing for a confession (of sorts) that Gordy simply did not want to give. Cam began his series of assertions with asking the PM how deeply "the economy would have to contract before the PM will finally admit there is an economic bust". This kinda set the tone for pretty much everything the leader of the opposition had to say and so led to an often terse-sounding debate. However, he made a strong point when referring to the fact that this country's debts will take a generation to pay off....hmmm not sure if i like the sound of that tbh. Anyways, everyones favourite PM came back by primarily pointing out that the recession is global and thus not an extraordinary phenomena exclusive to Britain. So then Cameron reiterated: would Gordy care to admit that he did not solve our Boom-Bust problem?

At this point I should really point out what the Boom-Bust problem is/was in this country. In the early 70's we went into recession. In the early 80's we went into recession. In the early 90's we went into recession (it logically follows that before and after each of these recessions we had a period of "bust" i.e. a lot of economic growth). Do you see the pattern emerging? Anyways, the major problem was, indeed, the pattern of a decade between each bust. However, in the early 00's we did not go into recession (despite the fact that both America and Europe did). Therefore the decade problem was solved. As you may now see, I personally believe that Cam's point wasn't valid at all as the Boom-Bust pattern that Gordy claimed to solve he, well, solved.

Back to the debate at hand: Cam reiterated his point MULTIPLE times, to the extent where the exchange turned into a dogged battle over who would/ had been worse in office. However, as the BBC rightly pointed out, it is good for Gordy to reiterate the point that the Conservative policy was to do NOTHING about our economic problems. The lesser of two evils indeed.

Camcam ran out of things to say, especially when the Speaker told him off for referring to the PM as 'you' (it's against the rules you see), and the debate on the Boom-Bust trend that seemed to pretty much be achieving nothing but causing our leading politicians to become even more highly-strung ended. It was time for Nick Clegg and his Lib Dems to take the floor......