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Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter | Jonathan Swarbrick (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Thought this was interesting and balanced, while also showing why things are so difficult to fix right now: everyone has a different, valid problem.

EDIT: Also, before you all get angry at me, the writer's answer is: basically yes, with caveats.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We got more houses, renters rights were bolstered, and some rail networks up north were nationalized. It's not much, but they've done more for the working and middle class in a year, than 10 years of Tories did

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

We got more houses

They haven't been built yet. What we got was the promise of more houses in a few years.