tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post9127173233361134130..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: British social attitudes survey reports the unpopularity of cutsTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-55222778862250916612010-01-28T08:35:49.881+00:002010-01-28T08:35:49.881+00:00Abother poitn seems to have been missed in the cov...Abother poitn seems to have been missed in the coverage.<br /><br /><i>"two in five people support increased taxes to fund higher spending on health and education, down from 62 per cent in 1997"</i><br /><br />Taxes and spending are higher now than in 1997. So rather than attitudes shifting to the right, the change in figures may be due to policy shifting to the left. And some people are now satisfied with this move, so they're no longer asking for more.Tom Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02997295899017354602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-25580543796778066462010-01-27T10:18:26.791+00:002010-01-27T10:18:26.791+00:00Cuts are bad, but cuts by another name are just as...Cuts are bad, but cuts by another name are just as bad, saving are cuts and please do not tell me 20 billion saving in the NHS is not actually cuts.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-71200213475704883202010-01-27T07:23:56.356+00:002010-01-27T07:23:56.356+00:00Reagan and Thatcher did reduce the headcount of go...Reagan and Thatcher did reduce the headcount of government, they did reduce the share of GDP consumed by the state. Not by as much as one would have hoped.<br /><br />It would have been more but they had to spend on a defence build-up to bankrupt the Soviet Union. A very worthwhile investment as I am sure you would agree.Guido Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-44598475501893915112010-01-26T17:00:43.250+00:002010-01-26T17:00:43.250+00:00Trust the torygraph to leave out important informa...Trust the torygraph to leave out important information in fact snippets._______https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750073111707564700noreply@blogger.com