Editor's Blog Jan 18th 2012
How are Gibraltar's Finances?
Today will see the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo talk openly and to the public about the state of Gibraltar's finances. Is this the transparency that they promised and how much detail will they go in to? After last week's announcement about Govt fining other government departments we have to wonder what it is that we are going to hear today...
Apparently the CM will be appearing on GBC exclusively, so all eyes on them to see what he says. Not sure why we can't go too??? I suppose life isn't always fair, so we will bring you as much info during the event as we can, working on the basis that GBC's coverage is solid... Which I'm sure it will be.
More interestingly though and what we are looking forward to seeing is if this is used as a "slinging mud" opportunity by the GSLP government today. Will it be a case of, the GSD did this and the GSD spent that... I'm hoping it won't be.
At the end of the day change can be a good thing and now what we really want to see and hear is more about what is going to be done to improve the situation rather than how bad the situation is. Around the world everything is falling apart and recently I have had some interesting conversations with people about property prices, mortgages, the banking industry as a whole and especially the Eurozone.
How can we ensure that Gibraltar continues to "thrive" or if that's the wrong expression, continue not to sink as quickly as the rest of the world's economies?
ED
