Spin - The costs keep on rising. And we pay to be fed shit.

Official figures showed that central government spent a total of £391 million on advertising, marketing, PR and other presentational work in 2007-08.

The total is up by £53 million on the previous year, when it was £338 million - a rise of almost 16 per cent.

When he took office last year, Mr Brown pledged a new sort of politics and sought to distance himself from his predecessor, who was frequently accused of being too heavily involved in spin and presentation.

But since last June, Mr Brown has faced repeated charges that he is at least as inclined to spin as Mr Blair.

**Right, so lets get this clear the government has spent a fucking huge £391 million quid of our money - not there money as there is no thing as government money although try explaining that concept to the fuckers who piss it away like water - spending it on feeding up bullshit.

Whats worse is the PM who claims to be "prudent" and whitters on about "economic stability" has actually wasted a total of £53 million more than the wanker who held the post before him.

Earlier this year, the annual wage bill for the Prime Minister's special advisers was estimated to have risen by more than £350,000 to £1.75 million - roughly the same as when Mr Blair was at No 10.

The latest spending figures are revealed in the annual report of the Central Office of Information, which co-ordinates government marketing, advertising and PR work.

The Information Office's total spending has more than trebled since Labour came to power in 1997. The latest figures show that the government spent £167 million on advertising, as well as £29 million on PR and sponsorship and £12 million on "strategic consultancy".

**Special advisers, Jesus H Christ its like the old tale of the emperors new clothes. Is there not one of them who is willing to actually earn his chunk of the £1.75 million and tell the one eyed PM that he is a totally useless cunt who is bleeding the country white.

Then again look at that last paragraph, the money pissed away by the Information Office has trebled since they came into power. So I guess as more shit hits the fan, as more fuck ups, sleaze, bullshit, lies, duplicity and theft on the part of these amoral fucking cunts comes to light the more the scum have to spend in order to make the gullible believe that all is well.

Greg Clark MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the figures showed that Mr Brown's talk of a "new politics" had been a sham.

He said: "At a time when families and businesses are having to cut back, Gordon Brown is increasing spending on promoting himself and his government. Spending on PR and advertising has rocketed under Gordon Brown's premiership by over four times the rate of inflation, and now Labour want to spend even more.

"It is a sign of just out of how out of touch Gordon Brown is with the situation facing ordinary people that he thinks it reasonable to let rip with spending on PR and advertising while telling everyone else they have to tighten their belts."

**Bastards, utter contemptible fucking money wasting champagne socialist scum. I am so angry at my taxes being wasted like this I could punch Gordon's lights out.

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