Rave! Britain blames Russia for having such an enormous public debt

11:08 25.06.2023 •

The UK's £2.6trillion debt mountain is bigger than the whole economy for the first time since 1961, grim figures showed, writes “The Daily Mail”.

Net debt hit 100.1 per cent of GDP in May as government borrowing more than doubled compared to last year.

It is the first time the debt-to-GDP ration has risen above 100 per cent since March 1961.

Net debt hit 100.1 per cent of GDP in May as government borrowing more than doubled compared to last year

May's borrowing figure was £10.7billion higher than a year ago and the second-highest May borrowing since monthly records began in 1993.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the Government has been taking 'difficult decisions' to balance the books ‘following the pandemic and Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.’

'We rightly spent billions to protect families and businesses from the worst impacts of the pandemic and Putin's energy crisis,' he said.

…The British are always lying. Now they accuse Russia of… self-running their country with unsuitable means. To accuse Moscow of the fact that Britain's public debt is growing is not only a lie, but also self-deception, which means that the British authorities do not know how to properly build a public financial policy. Degradation.