TTowards the end of last year, Kemi Badenoch wrote a newspaper article in which he widely said: “Ignore the pessimists, the British economy is doing very well!” You left me angry and confused. Upset, because it is clear to every sentient being in the country that Britain is not in a very good position. Confused, because I’m not quite sure how to actually do this.
The problem with such claims is that there is no agreed-upon measure of “very good” condition. What set of numbers are you looking at? During what period? Compared to whom? Or compared to when? Unless your country is heading toward the economic abyss in an Argentinian way, you can always produce a figure that satisfies it by comparing its strengths with its competitors’ weaknesses, starting at the point when