Jonathan Reynolds, the Shadow Business Secretary, had a great line this week. It was on the Daily Politics and I’d taped it to watch late at night. I’m paraphrasing slightly but the gist was: “If you have a look around at things after 13 years of the Tories, has anything got better?”
I’d never really thought of it in those terms. But he’s right.
The NHS, the economy, the trains, the buses, housing, the environment, energy bills, the criminal justice system – even cereal boxes are getting smaller. Mr Reynolds, you name it, it’s not very good.