09 March 2009

It is a fact. Britain rots under Brown

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The Rotten State of Britain by Eamonn Butler is about to hit the streets.

These little nuggets are published in the book:

1. Britain has a quarter of the world's CCTV cameras;

2. Taxes have risen by 51 per cent since 1997;

3. National debt is running at £4.6billion, or £175,000 per household;

4. In 2006/7 - half of the 722,464 DNA samples collected by the police came from children, including a seven-month year old girl;

5. There are now 1,406 litter wardens and dog catchers who have been given powers to levy on the spot fines;

6. One in nine hospital patients picks up an infection during their stay on a ward, while the total cost of outstanding claims against the NHS is £9.2billion;

7. 30,000 of the 200,000 people who die of cancer and strokes each year would survive if they lived anywhere else in northern Europe;

8. The number of people receiving state benefits has risen from 17million people in 1997 to 21million people by 2007;

9. Nearly six million families receive £16billion-worth of child credit;

The book is published on 19 march.  It is worth highlighting the above now in case Marr is called in by Brown to help get the book banned.

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4 comments:

  1. I shall book my copy Howard and look forward to reading it. Luckily I have Eamonn on my Twitter so I don't miss any of his articles nowadays.

    These facts just confirm how much money has been thrown around without proper accountability from the top.

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  2. Thanks for informing me he is on Twitter.

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  3. National Debt at £4.6 Billion?

    £697.5 billion is closer to the real figure:

    http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/uk-economy/uk-national-debt/

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  4. http://twitter.com/eamonnbutler

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