Niall Ferguson tackles Ken Livingstone's facts with facts of his own was there a lie?

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In a spirited BBC Question Time debate, outstanding economic historian Niall Ferguson all but accuses Ken of lying.
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[kkwillsaveus]

@NearAbbeyRoad Did he ever take us from recession to growth? No. The economy was growing when he took it over and had been for years. To say he gave us growth implies he took us out of recession. Brown spent all the money, and did nothing about the asset bubble in order to lower unemployment in the short run, that period of growth is what caused the mess we're in. Longest period of growth, try long recession and biggest deficit.

[muhammadsuleman1000]

I will be voting for Boris, not because of his refreshing zest for life and his passion for London, but because of his record and his policies. Despite the Lib Dem/Tory spending cuts to control the debt, police numbers in London have gone UP by 9% under Boris, he has created over 300, 000 new jobs and he has done a lot of work with inter-faith charities to bridge differences between communities. Do we really want to wreck all that by electing some old demagogue like Livingstone?

[Reido2828]

@DavidAKZ

Stop with the Marxist rhetoric. Public spending is a huge contributor to public debt. What a stupid statement. You're probably some pro labour mouth piece who is regurgitating the millibands garbage.

[DavidAKZ]

@youfatstinkypoo GDP is an annual figure

[DavidAKZ]

@MrGilles1990 Yeap. Yours is the only comment to point out that distinction that Ferguson failed to identify. See Exhibit 1 of the enclosed tinyurl . com / 7mdhgs9