The Conservative Party/Government

metalblue said:
Some positive news. Surprised this hasn’t been posted/discussed already…

www.bbc.co.uk

UK exits recession with fastest growth in two years

The economy grew by a stronger than expected 0.6% in the first three months of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk

…even in the context of what it might mean for an incoming Labour Government and their plans. Especially given how quick they are to say how they can’t do owt due to the state of the economy.
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They can’t, the economy is fucked
 
metalblue said:
Why is the economy fucked / flatlining ? Is it just the UK? If so, surely Labour can fix it?
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They probably have another fully costed plan to enrich the country, but not in the first 4 years where they will blame the Tories and scratch each others eyes out.
 
The economic figures released today are good - I welcome them. Strong performance across nearly all sectors. One of the lesser scrutinised data points which is really important is that this is the first per capita GDP growth in 2 years. This is important because the average GDP per capita when paired with the purchasing power of GBP has gone down about 8-9% since 2007. We've been growing but not enough to offset the increase in population. So in the context of the world economy your average Brit is 9% worse off than they were over 15 years ago pre-GFC.

Realistically people aren't going to feel one quarter of growth in their pockets, it needs to be sustained. If it is sustained, then you can start to consider that this is because the government is doing something right rather than random statistical noise. We will wait and see if that's the case. As it is they will no doubt claim credit for this while distancing themselves from the fact we entered recession in the first place, which is of course bollocks, you're either responsible for both or neither.
 
mexico1970 said:
They probably have another fully costed plan to enrich the country, but not in the first 4 years where they will blame the Tories and scratch each others eyes out.
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Starmer’s only has two choices, blame the tories as to why he can’t be a socialist or be a socialist.

The first one might buy him some grace but I’ll be surprised if he can keep a lid on things for a second term without showing far more socialist tendencies.

I suppose there is the third option, he can always just be the Tory he currently is.
 
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