If the UK were an airplane, it would currently be stalling. The economy overall is sputtering. Consumer spending is slowing. And business leaders are feeling the crunch – research from the Adam Smith Institute shows that three in four companies have low confidence in what the future has in store.
Right now, it feels like the people in the cockpit are content to let the stalling continue. Those pilots are, of course, Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves. The very people meant to be averting an imminent crash and leading us out of this precarious situation are just sitting there doing nothing.
