Want to know why most people don't think the UK economy is working for them?
That real household income has been stagnant for a decade might have something to do with it...
(And don't forget these real levels have taken inflation into account *but* such adjustment doesn't include house prices which continue to climb as a multiple of wages, making one aspect of economic life seem less & less affordable).
This is why Zack Polanski's message on the economy has traction!
Unfortunately for the Greens, speaking bluntly about the physical underpinnings of the economy is not a vote winner. So they’re playing a modestly less energy blind version of the game the other parties are.
I vote for them nonetheless.
It’s only because the other parties are firmly in 20th Century fantasy land that there is so much space for the Green Party to swim in
Yes, but focussing on the effects of the dire impact of the problems in the economy may well be a way to square that circle.... I think Mr Polanski is going to surprise a lot of people in his deft handing of the issue.
Whether he can make a better job of managing the UK's economy given the constraints he will encounter is another issue; but like you I want to give him the chance!
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Jonathan Schofield