Austerity! What Austerity? Archived Message Posted by Mary on September 30, 2019, 9:36 am With an election looming, suddenly the Tories are opening their wallets and the £billions are tumbling out. New hospitals. New roads. Pension increases promised. Even £5bn for broadband reception improvement. Tory conference: Government confirms £25bn for road upgrades https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49872190 Message Thread: Austerity! What Austerity? - Mary September 30, 2019, 9:36 am Re: Austerity! What Austerity? - Raskolnikov September 30, 2019, 9:58 am 25 billion for road-upgrades? At the end if the age of happy motoring. Lunacy! Still, at least - Rhisiart Gwilym September 30, 2019, 11:11 am Re: 25 billion for road-upgrades? At the end if the age of happy motoring. Lunacy! Still, at least - Mary October 1, 2019, 7:45 am Praise the lord, they've not been ripping us off after all, just saving prudently! I knew they were - Shyaku October 2, 2019, 1:20 am   Searching