Owen Paterson @OwenPaterson
Absolutely spot on. The cost just of paying the interest on public debt is around £40bn per year - more than spending on primary education, transport or defence. Borrowing is simply taxation deferred and it is immoral to ask our children and grandchildren to foot the bill. — PolitiTweet.org
Jeffrey Peel @JeffreyPeel
@OwenPaterson @Conservatives @UKLabour And there's still the little matter of the £1.8Trillion debt pile.