tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post1303887048955833517..comments2023-07-28T11:57:04.354+01:00Comments on Malc in the Burgh: Not tonight Darling, I've got a(nother) headache...Malchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-82131238605859771582008-11-27T18:41:00.000+00:002008-11-27T18:41:00.000+00:00I think you're broadly right, Malc, but the proble...I think you're broadly right, Malc, but the problem is perhaps better characterised as a lack of confidence rather than trust.<BR/><BR/>Economic confidence ebbs and flows, thus boom and bust, and the trick is to minimise the ups and downs as much as possible.<BR/><BR/>Confidence will return and the eoonomy will recover; the big question mark is over the length and breadth of the downturn.<BR/><BR/>However, lack of trust in politicians is hardly new, and there's little to suggest that anything will improve that. This mistrust will be around long after the recession is history, but on the other hand it is a factor in the current lack of confidence, as you say.<BR/><BR/>And if you think the market won't sort itself out and the Govt is only intervening reluctantly, then since the Tories seem to want to interfere even less then you presumably agree that it could be worse.Stuart Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02772436419630464325noreply@blogger.com