Three factual errors in one sentence. Good effort
Oh for the love of god, okay we'll split hairs then, it's been 4 years since the worst recession we've had since the very beginning of 1919. A recession's end is marked by the first quarter of growth, not its trough and we weren't still in it a year ago, we were in a different one. And the statistics suggest blistering growth for Q1 this year...okay the last bit was a lie, but modest growth is predicted.
I'm not here to wave dicks about economics; my argument was not to let the financial situation of what is 5 years in the 300 year history of the United Kingdom lead you to believe that as a country surrounded by water on all 4 sides, we aren't ever going to be able to find £2billion? a year out of a £680 national budget, to spend on regenerating a MPA capability. I'm not in anyway suggesting it's starting back up in 2014, but the early 2020s? Perhaps.