We've just put out a TPA press release setting out how Darling is planning on borrowing twice as much as Britain did in order to win the Great War. William Norton sums it up:
"British taxpayers enter this downturn like lions led by donkeys. Not only will full recovery take twice as long as the First World War lasted, but we are going to take on twice as much debt. Alistair Darling is sending the taxpayer over the top to face a financial Battle of the Somme."
It is important that we find a way of getting across to the public just how much the Government are planning on borrowing. The Daily Mash's satire shows the danger that billions, and even trillions, can become a bit meaningless after a while, with so many large numbers being thrown around:
"BRITAIN'S national debt will rise from No Way to Christ On A Bike, chancellor Alistair Darling announced yesterday."
