You are, if you're remembering Gordon Brown's performance at Prime Minister's Questions on 10th December 2008.
Are you remembering what I'm remembering, Gordon?
The Prime Minister: The first point of recapitalisation was to save banks that would otherwise have collapsed. We not only saved the world— [Laughter.]—saved the banks and led the way— [ Interruption. ] We not only saved the banks— [ Interruption. ]Remember it now? Or do you need to see it, too? Okay, as you insist... we've searched YouTube, so you don't have to:
Mr. Speaker: Order.
The Prime Minister: Not only did we work with other countries to save the world’s banking— [Interruption.] Not only did we work with other countries to save the world’s banking system, but not one depositor actually lost any money in Britain. That is the first thing. The second thing is to get the banks into a position in which they can resume lending, and that is why interest rates have come down by 3.5 per cent.—something that the Opposition said was not possible, but which actually happened. The third thing to do is to work to remove all the barriers to interest rates and to the lending of money by the banks, and that is what we are doing in discussion with the banks now. The Opposition may not like the fact that we led the world in saving the banking system, but we did.
Mr. Cameron: Well, it is now on the record. The Prime Minister is so busy talking about saving the world that he has forgotten about the businesses in the country that he is supposed to be governing.
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