Out deliverying leaflets today and the main message 'on the street' was "Why are we told how bad the situation really is?" Of course the second most popular message was about a lack of interest and the perception that all politicians are in it for what they can make. That spurs me to write a blog this weekend about my allowances and expenses as a councillor; thin cat rather than fat cat.
Well I regard the economic situation as very poor; of every £4 that the Government currently spends £1 is borrowed. That we be OK in the short term however (a) we have an enormous national debt already, and (b) the current Government seems hell-bent on borrowing more in the coming years, if re-elected.
It's all rather like Cornwall Council where it is not possible to make massive early savings but rather gradually move towards a new approach to financial stewardship. Go to fast and the whole system could collapse; go to quickly and we go broke.
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