| I thought..... on 08:26 - Jan 31 with 950 views | itfcjoe |
Can't let Labour in, they'll crash the economy as in hoc to their Union Paymasters..... |  |
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| I thought..... on 08:30 - Jan 31 with 932 views | Herbivore |
| I thought..... on 08:26 - Jan 31 by itfcjoe |
Can't let Labour in, they'll crash the economy as in hoc to their Union Paymasters..... |
Indeed, if Labour were in charge we'd have low growth, constant strikes, labour shortages. Praise be for the steady hand of conservatism. |  |
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| I thought..... on 08:59 - Jan 31 with 859 views | Darth_Koont |
Brexit was shooting ourselves in the foot and I don’t trust the current government at all. But we do need to be wary of putting too much on Brexit, Covid and Putin as we then ignore the long-term underlying state of the economy and its problems many of them structural.
The key part for me is this:
"Now that's not great, particularly as we should be bouncing back more strongly from Covid and particularly as we've not been growing terribly well for the last decade and more."
And that during a time where we’ve added over £1 trillion pounds to our national debt ostensibly to support the economy but haven’t moved the dial on our fundamentals nor have most people seen any of that money in their wage packets. |  |
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| I thought..... on 09:13 - Jan 31 with 802 views | Herbivore |
| I thought..... on 08:59 - Jan 31 by Darth_Koont |
Brexit was shooting ourselves in the foot and I don’t trust the current government at all. But we do need to be wary of putting too much on Brexit, Covid and Putin as we then ignore the long-term underlying state of the economy and its problems many of them structural.
The key part for me is this:
"Now that's not great, particularly as we should be bouncing back more strongly from Covid and particularly as we've not been growing terribly well for the last decade and more."
And that during a time where we’ve added over £1 trillion pounds to our national debt ostensibly to support the economy but haven’t moved the dial on our fundamentals nor have most people seen any of that money in their wage packets. |
Indeed. A decade of austerity that has basically crippled growth and public services, made most people poorer, and hasn't even succeeded in bringing down our debt. The top 1%, meanwhile, have managed to go from strength to strength during that time. | |
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| I thought..... on 09:21 - Jan 31 with 777 views | Darth_Koont |
| I thought..... on 09:13 - Jan 31 by Herbivore |
Indeed. A decade of austerity that has basically crippled growth and public services, made most people poorer, and hasn't even succeeded in bringing down our debt. The top 1%, meanwhile, have managed to go from strength to strength during that time. |
Yep.
Plus regional imbalances, lack of investment in infrastructure, and a finance/services-heavy skewing. And all on a low-tax approach that is meant to boost the economy on its own terms but has fed into the austerity thinking and running down of services before and after the financial crash.
In footballing terms, we’re Jewell’s team of expensive old players sliding down the second tier and with little idea/incentive at the top to turn things around. | |
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| I thought..... on 10:21 - Jan 31 with 704 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Nope - they brought us two sovereign credit downgrades (one of which was BEFORE the pandemic). No evidence to support that claim.
See also ” party of law and order” - the reality is laws are for the plebs and a non-existent police force means criminals operate brazenly without fear of being brought to justice.
But Boris was funny though… |  | | |
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