The Bankers' agreement was, as Ed Balls called it, a "damp squid" with no agreement to "manage" bonuses, and an ineffective agreement to lend £80bn approx to SMEs but nothing was said about the terms that SMEs need to pay and as we have heard already from numerous SMEs, it has been easier to use their own personal credit cards than borrow from the banks.
Then there was the Government's spokesman in the House of Lords, Lord Oakeshott talking about the Chancellor's agreement with the Banks: who said "If this is robust action on bank bonuses then my name's Bob Diamond" - (the chief executive of Barclays).
Nick Clegg was then slammed by students who were upset over the decision to triple tuition fees for university students. As Nick tried to defend his position, he was slammed by one student who retorted: "Have you ever tried to live on £25,000 a year?". Of course anyone who has a family income of £25,000 knows that even though the Government believes that £25k is a lot of money, most people know that it is not.
Dame Hoodless, who is to leave her post as executive director of Community Service Volunteers after 36 years, said that David Cameron’s budget cuts were hitting the voluntary sector and that voluntary groups were closing down because of a lack of funds just at a time when the community needs them the most, just as the budget cuts bite.
Then of course there were the LibDem Councillors who wrote an open letter in the Times about the level of cuts to local government, as well as theLibDem councillors who defected to Labour as a result of the Party supporting Tory policies.
All of this followed on from the announcement the other week that the economy was in decline, growth was limited, inflation was increasing and the polls have the Government parties behind Labour, with the LibDems in single figure values.
I wonder what the next week will be like?
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