Emeritus Prof Christopher MaySep 23, 2023

If the UK drops into #recession in the next 6-9 months, it will have been engineered by the BoE via #interestrates rises;. the Q. then is it in whose interest is an engineered recession?

One might conclude that the #Tories want a term out of office to firmly attach the blame for the UK's economic worsening malaise on Labour;

given #voters seldom vote for the present Govt. when economies are in trouble, a recession will give the Tories the rest in opposition they now seem to want/need?

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@ChrisMayLA6
Are you suggesting the #Tories are deliberately tanking the economy to hand a bigger problem to a (likely) Labour gov?
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@TCatInReality

Indeed, I am.... its one pretty plausible way of interpreting the evidence before us

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@ChrisMayLA6 @TCatInReality it definitely happened locally round here at the council elections. Pre-election, certain individuals were heard to say they were signing awful contracts to deliberately leave a mess for the likely incoming Labour Council. When they took control (after notable delays) there was indeed a mess.
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