The United Kingdom Elections 2010

[Furunculus]

I myself am under the solid impression that I've substantiated every claim I've made in this thread with numbers and sources.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

1997 815.881 43.76
1998 865.71 40.87
1999 911.945 38.84
2000 958.931 33.32
2001 1003.3 32.06
2002 1055.79 33.06
2003 1118.24 34.00
2004 1184.3 35.62
2005 1233.98 37.40
2006 1303.92 38.41
2007 1343.75 44.80
2008 1419.55 43.24
2009 1439 55.20

oh yes, you have indeed, your figures show the deficit being 43.76% of GDP in 1997 going down to 43.24% of GDP in 2008*.

good FT article by the way, cheers.

* generously ignoring the onset of the worst of the recession in 2009 from the point of view of public finances.