Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
How, could they see into the future?

The current situation will prove to be a case of the rich/business owners/Tories hating socialism until they need it.

Privatise the profits, socialise the losses.
What was the note the guys at the Treasury left for the Tories to pick up? With no money in the coffers at that time how would Gordon have tackled this current issue?

It is always good sense to have something in reserve for when the unexpected happens. That sometimes means going without and it was going without some things that have enabled me to build up a bit of a pot of emergency money which I now need as my investments are down so much that they cannot provide the income to keep me going.