"I will not allow house prices to get out of control and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery."
Gordon Brown's 1997 Budget Statement
"Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past."
Pre-Budget Report, 9th November 1999
There's being inspirational and then there's being realistic, I'd rather be the latter everytime - it means we can hopefully see problems early and attempt to deal with them without burying our heads in the sand. Why would you feel the need to not be open with people about the problems we all face? Maybe if we all put our hands over our eyes global warming might go away?