The workers and renters rights legislation might be well meaning but if it results in fewer jobs because employers find it too expensive to employ workers and fewer houses available for rent because private landlords just give up, then you can have all the rights you want but you won't have a house or a job. The rights that are being removed are the limiting of jury trials and the proposed introduction of ID cards. Some people will doubtless see both as a simple exercise in making things cheaper and more efficient but frankly they're being naiive. The growth figures you quote are optimistic at best and are likely to be revised down. The extra money you say that is being given to the NHS isnt spent efficiently and patient outcomes and experience are significantly worse than in similar advanced and comparable countries with different methods of provision. My feeling is that we're in absolutely terrible financial straits. Everything points to a huge financial collapse, a bloodbath in employment, civil unrest and a collapse of the government followed by years of instability. I am happy to return to this topic in future months/years and admit it if I'm wrong. As it happens I hope you're right but I have grave doubts.
