Originally Posted by Dotheboyshall:
““When I was chancellor I was very focused on unemployment numbers, GDP numbers, trying to get the British economy turned around,”...
...“I guess I assumed that you’ve got to get the economy going and then people see the benefits and it’s good for people to be in work. I didn’t understand that people want more than just that.
“They also want to feel that their views are understood and their voices listened to and that the system is working for them.
“My political generation was brought up on The West Wing ‘it’s the economy, stupid’ view of politics. What’s interesting is we’ve moved more to a politics of identity than a politics of the economy.
“But Conservatives are naturally better placed than the left to have a deeper understanding of identity and issues of nationality.”
Osborne was too focused on political plotting against his enemies to give a damn about the economy.”
““When I was chancellor I was very focused on unemployment numbers, GDP numbers, trying to get the British economy turned around,”...
...“I guess I assumed that you’ve got to get the economy going and then people see the benefits and it’s good for people to be in work. I didn’t understand that people want more than just that.
“They also want to feel that their views are understood and their voices listened to and that the system is working for them.
“My political generation was brought up on The West Wing ‘it’s the economy, stupid’ view of politics. What’s interesting is we’ve moved more to a politics of identity than a politics of the economy.
“But Conservatives are naturally better placed than the left to have a deeper understanding of identity and issues of nationality.”
Osborne was too focused on political plotting against his enemies to give a damn about the economy.”
Osballs was too focused on making the poor pay for the sins of the rich.
