Lord Young, did he let the Tory mask slip just a bit?

[sandyRoe]

Would he have said that the recession we're in wasn't so bad without having sounded out some colleagues? Is that really their view? Has the Tory mask slipped or are we truly all in it together?

[Sqad]

Dinner...a few drinks......and he makes a stupid remark, although with interest rates low, some mortgages are cheaper than they have been for years, so from that point of view, some people are better off.

How bad is the recession and will we suffer a period of austerity.........just wait until VAT comes in, the cuts are announced and the next budget.......it will be bad.

[Davethedog]

Short answer don't know, but a man who has always had money and never had to worry about it would have great difficulty relating to those who don't.

If you look at the top line, in a way, hes correct. However the fact that the bottom has dropped out of the property market or you may no longer have a job to pay that "cheap" mortgage seems to have escped him.

[sandyRoe]

A few drinks at dinner. That explains it all. How many times have I woken the next morning after a convivial meal and immediately wished the ground would open up and swallow me.

[Sqad]

sandy....LOL....me too........and to find out with whom I had slept.........LOL

[DTCwordfan]

Under the influence of ethanol, we all say things that we regret - who recorded the conversation and then, I presume, sold it to the Piranhas of Fleet Street. That person is possibly a real rat.

[weecalf]

At least he could have come up with summit original .That line has been going around for some time .He has to go because he stole someone else line .Whos line was it anyway Seven hours of wogan and whats her name .Im off to bed for a while