This government's reeforms will kill the UK economy. The two most dangerous reforms so far are, in my opinion:



(1) the over-pricing of university education, which is already creating a brain-drain, let alone the future macro-economic effect of the ballooning debt it has created.

(2) The privatisation of the NHS. The effect of which will, over - time, be to increase the aggreagate national cost of healthcare and shift the burden to employers, making UK companies less competitive than they are now (and they're generally pretty dire in that respect now).



What we are witnessing is ineptitude on a catastrophic scale in the name of an outdated ideology. As I said previously, anyone under 35 should seriously consider emigrating (boring old Canada is probably your best bet).

Go on then......................................

Give us the name of this outdated ideology, does it have one?

Is it in that off-site book?

First, I wasn't even calling for increased wages, but talking about wages keeping pace with the cost of living. You appear to think that wages should be driven down, leaving people to struggle to pay for the basics – let alone buy the things that keep the economy going.



If you try to read some economics you may learn something. [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-They-About-Capitalism-ebook/dp/B0040QDMBE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364911059&sr=8-1-fkmr0This, for instance, explains why the drive for ultra-low inflation is dangerous.[/url



Indeed, unemployment was 'the price worth paying' for it – unemployment that directly helped to raise the deficit, as has been explained more than once here and not least by Sally.



I've not suggested a "return" to anything – try to engage your comprehension skills rather than what you want to believe someone is saying.



The deficit is continuing to rise – this is a direct consequence of the lack of confidence in the economy and levels of unemployment.



All that dross about inflation in the 1980s and 1990s saw unemployment rise and, with it, the deficit. These are facts.



We have an economy that needs people to have disposable income to spend on services. I'm sure most of us here agree that the economy needs rebalancing, but that does not happen overnight. The latest figures now show that manufacturing output is down.



So in the short to medium term, we need to get money into the economy – this service economy. Driving down incomes does not do that. In the end, it will simply see more jobs lost and further increase in the deficit.



And since we have had stagnating or falling wages for all but a few for the past 30 years, if it's rising wages that cause inflation, how come the cost of living (inflation) has way outstripped any incomes rises?



It isn't the cost of wages driving up housing costs. It isn't the cost of wages driving up utility costs. It isn't the cost of wages driving up food costs.

Most serious economists also know that its not wages that is currently causing inflation to rise/be high but rather its increased regulated prices such as energy, fuel and tuition fees. This then hinders economic recovery and growth.

I've been telling you that since before the election.

Which is all well and good in the short term and its how I currently work, but it has a finite life particularly in a production environment.

All well and good, but nobody - and I do mean [inobody[/i - voted for the policies that are currently being enacted.

I saw an ambulance pulling into a hospital today, when is this death happening?

Inser the 'N' as appropriate

1 day past 'Day X' - wonder if it will die tomorrow.

really? guess the party manifestos and from what year.











then there's welfare











25million voted for more privatisation of the nhs, to cut benefits and to screw the disabled. how many of those 25 million are now spouting their hypocritical self righteous moral indignation because the tories are doing EXACTLY what they voted for.