Can't believe I found a point that Guiness made that I agree with. The problem is here for all to see
UK National Debt Clock - No-nonsense Guide to Britain's Debt Crisis
The choices are never going to be pretty, and no 2 people will agree on what to cut. But cut we must. We got into this sorry state because of 12 years of a Labour government. They won't be the ones to get us out. Choice, whether you like it or not, is limited. Lucky to have any fire engines because if the country was a company it would be in administration and we'd have no services whatsoever.
The only time the UK finances have been this bad was end of WW2 but back then there was a cause that everyone could rally around and not just general squandering.