>>15675201The economy was doing well in 1994 and 2004. That's literally all there is to it.
>>15675213>The tax burden is the highest since Attlee in this countryAging population means NHS and care inherently demands more spend. Capital gains tax didn't exist under Attlee. State spend as a % of GDP is far lower now than under thatcher.
>We need deregulationI'm glad you brought that up. You still haven't accounted for the fact that New Labour and your neoliberal economics played a huge hand in the 2008 crash. Some humility perhaps?
>>15675212We implemented neoliberal economics, and it ruined our nation. Having seen the effects (low wages, no growth, largest economic crash since the depression), we've realised (again) that Keynes was right.