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White van man…on the government

'It's all starting to go pear-shaped'

It's all starting to go pear-shaped for the government.

It's been a long time coming. I thought they'd be on the ropes six months back. But now the chickens are coming home to roost. The wheels are coming off. Suddenly us punters are waking up to the fact that like most politicians this lot haven't a clue either. There's sod all you can do about the price of gas and oil. If the rip-off energy companies want to rip you off they will and they don't give a damn about what some here-today-gone tomorrow minister says. There's nothing politicians can do about inflation ‘cos it's all down to a billion Chinese pushing up the price of carrots and nowt they can do about the economy since the euro has screwed that up for us as well. The politicians might have kept unemployment down for a bit but laying off half a million council workers hasn't exactly helped. And on top of that this lot are all toffs, used to the high life and jaunts around the world preferably when someone else is paying which don't exactly go down well with your average punter in the Dog and Duck trying to pay the latest gas bill. I tell you, it ain't looking good…any jobs going at Poundland?

 

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