…shrinks a further 0.4%

Alistair Darling

We need to keep in place the support the government has been giving to people and to businesses.

Vince Cable:

Because the government owns half the banking system it should be more active in my view in making sure that lending goes out.

Anyone willing to bet now that political issues will never be allowed to trump sensible business decisions?

George Osborne:

The idea that Gordon Brown knew how to get us through this recession has been exposed as a myth.

BBC Interviewer:

Many economic observers still say…that sooner or later we are going to come out of this recession.

Well, yes….