Post by nickd on Jan 21, 2012 18:41:46 GMT 1
Here we are in the grip of recession, the country is on the verge of bankruptcy, the cash points are on empty, the gold has all gone and it will take years to repay our debts. We are all in it together they tells us; - really?
What part of being all in it together saw us signing up to all these projects you may well ask. We take a look at 'austerity' in pictures; - you don't really need the words.
London Olympics 2012
Cost £20 billion and rising
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2070846/London-2012-Olympics-costs-unacceptable-teeter-edge-slump.html
![](http://www.metrolic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/london_olympic_2012_village.jpg)
The City lights are shining brighter than ever
Cost unquantified
www.bl.uk/sportandsociety/exploresocsci/businesseconomics/economics/articles/fools_gold08.pdf
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LsUbmJ14taQ/TeN9WIz7HII/AAAAAAAADyU/Nu3ZwekR0qM/s1600/london-skyline-at-night-10.jpg)
High Speed 2 gets the go ahead
Cost £32 billion for London to Birmingham line. Factcheck say £58.1 Billion
blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-why-the-numbers-dont-add-up-on-hs2/9048
![](http://platform-online.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/UKhighspeedrail2.jpg)
The Queen's corporate yacht
Cost £100 million
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/18/queen-s-diamond-jubilee-royal-yacht-minister-should-be-appointed-mp-say-115875-23706097/
![](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/18/article-2088113-0F816A8100000578-931_634x468.jpg)
New London airport
Estimated £40 - £70 Billion pounds.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088376/New-London-airport-Thames-Estuary-favoured-Government-says-Boris-Johnson.html
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CF_HwuBgh0/TrJ3n9vDb_I/AAAAAAAAEC4/JAJDYxno_O0/s1600/airport.jpg)
2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations
Cost unquantified
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/29/queen-diamond-jubilee-spending-cuts
![](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01865/barge2_1865016b.jpg)
The Bankers will carry on giving us the two finger salute
Cost - we will never know
![](http://www.blogcdn.com/money.aol.co.uk/media/2012/01/pa-7088655.jpg)
City regeneration
the real human cost will never be revealed
![](http://media.rightmove.co.uk/59k/58075/18012141/58075_2079078_IMG_00_0000_max_620x414.JPG)
City lawyers take on the globe
We are told legal services generates £23 billion a year; - £350 is being cut from essential social welfare legal aid
![](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01879/rolls_1879142i.jpg)
Blowing our cash away
Cost unquantified - it's thought to be inefficient
www.bnef.com/PressReleases/view/139
![](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/18/1290077648648/Thanet-wind-farm-opened-006.jpg)
When wealth matters more than health
Cost unquantified; - £200 billion lost in failed private funding initiatives in health and education - the waste carries on.
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8780363/NHS-hospitals-crippled-by-PFI-scheme.html
![](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Society/Pix/pictures/2008/10/15/3hospital.jpg)
Trident replacement goes skywards
Cost £34 billion say Greenpeace
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4805768.stm
![](http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/files/images/migrated/MultimediaFiles/Live/Image/7775.jpg)
Fox hunting back on the agenda
Cost unquantified
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279562/Tories-plan-scrap-foxhunting-ban--Lib-Dems-facing-split-free-vote.html
![](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01570/hunting_1570047c.jpg)
What part of being all in it together saw us signing up to all these projects you may well ask. We take a look at 'austerity' in pictures; - you don't really need the words.
London Olympics 2012
Cost £20 billion and rising
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2070846/London-2012-Olympics-costs-unacceptable-teeter-edge-slump.html
![](http://www.metrolic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/london_olympic_2012_village.jpg)
The City lights are shining brighter than ever
Cost unquantified
www.bl.uk/sportandsociety/exploresocsci/businesseconomics/economics/articles/fools_gold08.pdf
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LsUbmJ14taQ/TeN9WIz7HII/AAAAAAAADyU/Nu3ZwekR0qM/s1600/london-skyline-at-night-10.jpg)
High Speed 2 gets the go ahead
Cost £32 billion for London to Birmingham line. Factcheck say £58.1 Billion
blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-why-the-numbers-dont-add-up-on-hs2/9048
![](http://platform-online.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/UKhighspeedrail2.jpg)
The Queen's corporate yacht
Cost £100 million
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/18/queen-s-diamond-jubilee-royal-yacht-minister-should-be-appointed-mp-say-115875-23706097/
![](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/18/article-2088113-0F816A8100000578-931_634x468.jpg)
New London airport
Estimated £40 - £70 Billion pounds.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088376/New-London-airport-Thames-Estuary-favoured-Government-says-Boris-Johnson.html
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CF_HwuBgh0/TrJ3n9vDb_I/AAAAAAAAEC4/JAJDYxno_O0/s1600/airport.jpg)
2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations
Cost unquantified
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/29/queen-diamond-jubilee-spending-cuts
![](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01865/barge2_1865016b.jpg)
The Bankers will carry on giving us the two finger salute
Cost - we will never know
![](http://www.blogcdn.com/money.aol.co.uk/media/2012/01/pa-7088655.jpg)
City regeneration
the real human cost will never be revealed
City lawyers take on the globe
We are told legal services generates £23 billion a year; - £350 is being cut from essential social welfare legal aid
![](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01879/rolls_1879142i.jpg)
Blowing our cash away
Cost unquantified - it's thought to be inefficient
www.bnef.com/PressReleases/view/139
![](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/18/1290077648648/Thanet-wind-farm-opened-006.jpg)
When wealth matters more than health
Cost unquantified; - £200 billion lost in failed private funding initiatives in health and education - the waste carries on.
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8780363/NHS-hospitals-crippled-by-PFI-scheme.html
![](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Society/Pix/pictures/2008/10/15/3hospital.jpg)
Trident replacement goes skywards
Cost £34 billion say Greenpeace
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4805768.stm
![](http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/files/images/migrated/MultimediaFiles/Live/Image/7775.jpg)
Fox hunting back on the agenda
Cost unquantified
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279562/Tories-plan-scrap-foxhunting-ban--Lib-Dems-facing-split-free-vote.html
![](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01570/hunting_1570047c.jpg)