Inflation has been mainly caused by oil and food shocks. The persistence of these rises is strongly arguably more due to increased profits than to wages not reducing.
Profits have increases by mire than wages and there is no evidence anywhere of a wage - price spiral.
"getting inflation under control" for these c***s means further cuts to real wages by framing pay rises as inflationary.
I don't see this as a "good thing" but it's subjective.
You obviously like people kept in their place for the benefit of capital and if that's where you're coming from, it's great.
Also, on the national debt, gilt rates are below inflation, so can't be responsible for increasing debt. The main reason the national debt remains high is because of slow growth. It should also be reduced by inflation.
I'm unconvinced that those are any more than slogans from Starmer. Agree that as a statement of intent, they sound better than Sunak's agenda. That's a low bar though.
Do you?
Insufficient +1 can still be insufficient. Pu
It's arguable that austerity proper ended at covid, but not before.
We've increased public spending on health only since the Tories came in (and on Brexit).
(real terms)