Imagine the following scenario:
The Tories go into the next election, but lose it because of the NI hike and breaking the pension triple lock.
Labour scrapes out a narrow win, but their manifesto doesn't mention Brexit because they decided to fight entirely on other issues.
😱
The Tories go into the next election, but lose it because of the NI hike and breaking the pension triple lock.
Labour scrapes out a narrow win, but their manifesto doesn't mention Brexit because they decided to fight entirely on other issues.
😱
That would leave the UK with exactly the same gaping hole as the Tories created. Brexit would continue to act like a brake on economic activity, and ruin many aspects of daily life. Supply chains would stay broken.
But Labour could tinker with other stuff, ignoring the elephant.
But Labour could tinker with other stuff, ignoring the elephant.
This feels genuinely horrific because, by the time both main parties have gone a full election cycle without acknowledging Brexit, who's going to bring it up again?
So things remain ruined forever, and the actual solution remains unexplored.
So things remain ruined forever, and the actual solution remains unexplored.
Meanwhile, Labour borrows and borrows and borrows, piling record debt on top of the record debt they inherited from the Tories.
And our situation gets more and more precarious, because we are ever more dependent on interest rates staying low to service the UK's ballooning debt.
And our situation gets more and more precarious, because we are ever more dependent on interest rates staying low to service the UK's ballooning debt.
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