Oh I agree - private sector investment. But that only happens when the strategic framework is done by the state. My two biggies are Housing and Energy. Housing? The private sector is fast at buying l… (View Post)

I'm sure that you remember the late naughties as I do. Shadow Chancellor Osborne was very clear. He wanted to drive the bubble even harder, match every penny of Labour spending plans, and then g… (View Post)

He was right - it wasn't. We needed to spend more to reduce the drop in economic output which has cost more in the long term. (View Post)

The Tories got a hospital pass from... the Tories? Covid - once in a century genuine crisis. A literal hospital pass to be fair Ukraine - two crises. The military one? Can't see Starmer treating… (View Post)

Its a long list: Our two great crises are housing and energy - they have collapsed living standards for so many. We need to build swathes of houses - gut the derelict centres of dead towns and rebuil… (View Post)