17th November 2025
UK Consumer Economy - Add 'incompetent' to ideological, naive & stupid
From Kosice in eastern Slovakia, the UK financial market and political reactions to the circus at 10 & 11 Downing Street, makes for truly depressing reading. The supposed 'grown-ups' are a national disgrace & international embarrassment. Quite what British shoppers and the boardrooms of consumer retailed firms, never mind the electorate, make of the total incompetence in Whitehall remains to be seen. Weak October retail sales can partly be attributed to yet another multiple motorway pile-up of a pre-Budget process, don't they learn? For the UK consumer trade, embracing retailers, public houses, and their supply chains, amongst others, uncertainty abounds amongst a chaotic policy environment that simply is not acceptable. Black Friday & December trading patterns will be unnecessarily complicated as a result. Starmer, Reeves, et al, should hold their heads in shame, the British consumer scene, a big part of the economy, deserves better.
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