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Hung parliament: impact on UK economy
Fri, 7 May 2010 09:58:07 +0000
The OU's lecturer in economics, Alan Shipman, explores the impact of a hung parliament on the UK economy
The eurozone crisis, centred on Greece, gives the UK a short interval in which to clarify its economic and political direction, before financial markets start to worry about its own debt. But a hung parliament leaves it unclear how the UK will start to reduce its record budget deficit, and stabilise debt at affordable levels. Once Germany underpins Greece, attention will be turned to UK public finances – and will become critical if there is no clear prospect of a government able to force unpopular spending cuts and tax increases through Parliament.
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92Rewind: Tory win in 1992
92Rewind: A reflection
Thu, 6 May 2010 16:24:57 +0000
Looking back on our 92Rewind tweets and the past few weeks of electioneering, where are the similarities?
As we've tweeted news from the 1992 election and kept an eye on news from this year's election, we couldn't help but notice the similarities which begs the question: will the outcome be the same?
Let's first check out the similarities. To many commentators, the Leaders’ Debates have shaped this year’s election. Though leaders might not have taken part in a televised debate back in 1992, it was an issue that dominated the opening days of the 1992 election with John Major ruling out a TV debate and Kinnock expressing outrage at his decision.
