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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The UK is so broken that nobody with a Labour mentality can fix it. Anyone else will have a torrid time because economic growth comes at a price in public spending.
What a crock.
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The issues with the UK are that:
- Voters want high levels of healthcare, benefits, adult social care but don't want to pay the high taxes that these need. Hence populist politicians who talk of purging excessive spending but can't deliver.
- The UK is a mid-power which punches above its weight diplomatically but can't win trade battles against super powers like China and the USA. The UK's colonial days are well gone and being British counts for less than it did 100 years ago. It's a logical change but one which some have difficulty in understanding.
- The UK suffers from historical poor productivity and Brexit has only made this worse.
It's a tough situation which no politician can easily solve, but will need the British people to reset their expectations first.