The longest recession in history? Do you also predict lottery numbers?

Even you must admit that is a silly thing to quote.

Somebody offering that forecast is simply guessing whatever their " expertise" . In the past few yew years most significant forecasts by " experts " have been wildly wrong, whether economic or pandemic.

For example, wholesale gas prices have fallen @ 75% since Sept 1st so any economic predictions that had energy prices as factor, which would be all or most, became redundant a month later.

The BoE has been one of the biggest culprits, they had one job and they fooked it up.

You need to sit in the " it's my opinion so it's a fact " corner with Wisbech Eagle.

I have to say that you are consistent in your ideology and fair play for that, so was Corbyn, I didn't agree with much he wanted but at least he was consistent.

With no Palace football until December the next dew weeks may see some interesting posts by people suffering COYP withdrawal.

Edited by HKOwen (14 Nov 2022 8.11am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Only a total moron, of which there are sadly too many in this country, would take seriously the tedious wittering of the Labour opposition, particularly around anything to do with the economy.

Labour is a spending, big state party who messed up each and every time they have been in power. Fortunately, that hasn't been too often.

What would Labour do in power when they have no money to waste?

How will they, ahem, fix the NHS or pay off our debt, or improve the country's infrastructure without hugely increasing taxation?

The answer is that they will achieve nothing in power because just one term of a Labour government will almost certainly remind enough people why we never rarely get a socialist government and why the Tories have been the least bad option so often.

I long for an alternative party who will seriously address damaging immigration, energy, crime, self sufficiency and the loony media, but I fear that would it all be too late to save Britain from its inevitable fate.

'London loses position as most valuable European stock market'.

Brexit, making us poorer day by day.

And we lost out to France-who now have the top spot!

Short termism has blighted British politics for too long.

We need people who can see past 5 years and their precious careers. I doubt such people exist inside Westminster.
Much of the problem is with the electoral system and adversarial party politics.
They will still be trying to score political points when this country finally sinks under the weight of their short sighted incompetence.

Immigrant labour? Tory ex-chancellor Hammond saying they are necessary for growth.