Mr Brown and Mr Blair cooked up a scheme called the Windfall Tax that was going to fix all of the NHS and schools and whatever else they promised. It didn’t so Mr Brown was the opposite of prudent and continually allowed too much spending and sold off UK assets, even during “the good times”, while the Labour Government tried to resolve long-term issues with short-term fixes. This left the UK is a terrible position when the banking crisis hit. Yes it was an international crisis but our ability to deal with it locally was hindered by the huge debt (increased by the bail outs but huge none the less) and with a lack of assets. You can deny Mr Brown’s terrible record all you like but it doesn’t make it go away.