Richard MurphyWe do not need a strong economy to pay for the NHS. We need a strong NHS as a pre-condition of a strong economy. Government spending always comes before tax revenues can flow in. Never more true than the moment we are in now.
Paddy Boocock@RichardJMurphy If someone could just explain to Sunak and Hunt that tax is not a generator of revenue but a recovery of outputs from prior spending and that the principal effect of their proposed austerity is going to be the massive enrichment of commercial bankers at the expense of workforce health and welfare it would really be very helpful.