Dan Boyle (Green Party)

The reason it has been found wanting is that it has not been honest economically.

In the current international economic climate we are still projecting an annual economic growth rate of 2.7% this year, which is well above the European average and double that of most of our competitors. I am confident we will not have a repeat of our experience of the 1980s because the economic growth achieved in the past decade has placed us in a better position to withstand——