The Daily Mail (London, England), June 20th, 2008
Byline: James Chapman
A LABOUR minister last night told families struggling with the soaringcost of living to stop being 'so bloody miserable'.
In an astonishing message at a time of rising prices and falling incomes,Transport Minister Tom Harris said that despite the escalating credit crunch,'our citizens have never been so wealthy'.
And he claimed we were spending money on food and clothes in sums that wouldhave 'made our parents gasp'.
His extraordinary outburst came on another day of desperate economic news:Britain's biggest mortgage lender said it feared house prices could plunge by...
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