The BBC’s Autumn Statement of Discontent
Apologies, no time to do this justice but here’s some rough workings to get your teeth into…. Labour’s spending as a proportion of GDP in 1998? 36% The Coalition’s projected spending in 2019-20? 35.2% Hardly an enormous difference and yet apparently ‘utterly terrifying’ according to the BBC. There is an election coming and the BBC has been running a campaign to disparage everything the government does. The … Continue reading