DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The danger of talking Britain into recession
As dawn broke yesterday, it wasn’t just the cockerel crowing. So was BBC Today programme presenter Nick Robinson.
To many ears, he was almost audibly salivating at the imminent release of economic statistics forecast to show ‘how badly Britain is doing’. In fact, when they were published they showed output had grown in November. Marginally, it’s true. But still defying all gloomy predictions.
For months, we have had it drummed into our heads that the country is in recession.
Our misery-shrouded Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said so, while Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned darkly of a painful slump lasting into 2024.
For months, we have had it drummed into our heads that the…
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