Though that is money that gets recycled quickly in our economy. Much of our economy is driven by consumer spending. If consumers are skint then there is no growth. (View Post)

I think the roots of Brexit go back to Mrs Thatcher's harrying of the North. It is no co-incidence that it is the old coalfields that were most Brexity. It was seen as a way to get back at the S… (View Post)

Yes, I have a modicum of respect for those Brexiteers that claim the economic damage a price well worth paying for sovereignty. I think them wrong and that sovereignity illusory as we are goverened b… (View Post)

I have long pointed out that the Coalition would be looked back on as a golden period of good government. Of course its performance was helped by us still being in the EU... It doesn't mean the … (View Post)

The triple lock was fine for a period of catch up. It is carrying on indefinitely that is the problem. Similarly austerity. And yes, the conservative ministers were rarely as good as the LD ones (Cab… (View Post)