Under investment in public services during austerity means we are now having to pay more to get them to an acceptable standard. We also have an ageing population which means there is more pressure on healthcare and pensions make up quite a large percentage of our welfare budget. Leaving the EU also affected our trade position and export growth potential. There are a lot of factors which have culminated in this utter miserable time we're having at the moment
. There's probably some other really clever explanation relating to debt and inflation thrown in there somewhere too.
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Yeah, I mean if you look historically in England mostly (which makes up the largest voting block in the UK) it is really quite conservative. It feels like basing politics around the centre is one of the best ways to get into power, and then once you're in power trying to pass the more ambitious plans. I remember when Labour campaigned for the National Minimum Wage and Tories were against it saying that it would cause so many businesses to go bust, and now no party would ever think of getting rid of it!
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I like this thread, it's a good place to discuss ideas
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