Perhaps not the most authoritative study but an indication of how consumer spending has increased: Christmas will cost the average British household more than £1,800 this year - triple what was spent… (View Post)

Few people want the real problem being addressed. Because the real problem is that this country has for far too long lived beyond its means. Which means that at some point living standards have to fa… (View Post)

When having hundreds of thousands in student debt has been normalised why not spend a bit more becomes the mentality. (View Post)

Its not that they're not interested its that they prefer things which either get them a good headline or will give them a 'legacy'. So they are attracted to things which claim to be &#… (View Post)

In some ways but not in others. Things which are now taken for granted - full employment, affluence for oldies, ever increasing NHS workforce - can change and when they do the government of the time … (View Post)