Out of interest, why do you think ‘huge savings’ are required?
Not as much as we need I imagine. Maybe ask the delightful Nicola when you are next up there
We have spent the last two years giving money away the country clearly can't afford.
The inflationary impact isn't confined to just Britain.
Covid is our new Marshall Plan ball and chain.
I don't buy things if I don't have the money, certainly if I already have loans outstanding.
We cut back as a family until which time I can afford to.
it's patchy . we've just had the best quarter since pre covid. others are quiet , suppose our turn will come .To 'supposedly' stop people spending ?? Its ridiculous all they are doing is killing businesses because people AREN'T SPENDING !!
I would agree, although I’d argue our response to Covid is the issue.We have spent the last two years giving money away the country clearly can't afford.
The inflationary impact isn't confined to just Britain.
Covid is our new Marshall Plan ball and chain.
A sentence which proves one isn’t a Tory more than any other…….Public finances and household budgets are not analogous.
Public finances and household budgets are not analogous.
The analogy is valid.
They are mutually exclusive when public spending is curtailed or at a level that directly impacts the person in the street.
I would agree, although I’d argue our response to Covid is the issue.
That being said, how we manage the effects of it is a purely political choice and this 12 year long government (no matter how much Sunk tries to pretend we have a ‘new’ government) are reaping the rewards of their Home Economics ideology. Their refusal to invest in Victorian infrastructure when borrowing costs were the lowest they’ve ever been, refusal to enforce privatised utility companies to discharge their obligations whilst, of course, discharging actual shit into our rivers and sea systems all in the name of making a profit, whilst protecting and enriching their friends and colleagues is an absolute scandal.
Ripping the heart out of Public Health England, who have always been fantastic at a local level in slowing disease, and then spunking THIRTY SEVEN BILLION POUNDS on test and trace to replace them is one of the biggest scandals ever seen in this country, which is saying something.
Finally, our leaders are still engaging in a culture war, that almost nobody cares about, rather than having some joined up policy on making this country fit for our children and grandchildren.
No they aren't, it's basic knowledge of economics.