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Kept aloft by North Sea oil or privatisations, the economy under the Conservatives never got the long-term vision it needed
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Phillip Inman writes in today's Observer suggesting that the current economic stagnation is symptomatic of 40 years of Conservative government, predicated upon a lack of long-term strategy and a series of knee-jerk reactions.
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It's an interesting take on recent economic history. He posits that North Sea oil, privatisation and excessive bank lending have effectively made this possible, but the the failure of Brexit - depicted as a failed last throw of the dice - means that we might have to confront a rather grim truth about the lack of both a coherent economic strategy and a manufacturing base.