It's arguable that all Britsh governments since the Thatcher years have achieved very little in their time in office, at best being reactive to situations rather than proactive. And almost invariably, where action has been taken, the law of unintended consequences has kicked in.
But these responses remind me of that glorious line about "What a shame that everyone who really knows how to run the country are working as hairdressers and taxi drivers"
No reflection on hairdressers and taxi drivers - it applies to most of us. Why don't politicians do what we see as the bleeding' obvious.
But comments here all believe in the magic money tree. And considering the UK national debt is 1.8 TRILLION pounds, and after 10 years of so-called austerity, the annual defat in 2019 was still near 26 billion pounds, sorry guys, you are even now vastly living beyond your means.
So, no, forcing employers to up wages is a pure prescription for bankruptcy without at least the equivalent increase in productivity. Increase minimum wages causes loss of jobs.
The NHS is struggling because of sclerotic management and the ludicrous idea that all services should be free at point of use. Even a token 5 quid per GP visit would halve the demand, probably even more. Free prescriptions to all pensioners? Rubbish when a huge proportion of British retirees are sitting on very comfortable income and assets.
And as for emotional crap like "nutritional starvation". Please.
Find the magic money tree, and suddenly we will all have utopia. Until them we have to put up with politicians who, when faced with the cruel realities of the world, talk big, and deliver small.
