It makes very little real difference to ordinary people whether the economy eventually shrinks for two quarters in a row, except perhaps in an abstract, almost symbolic way. Inflation (especially food prices and so on; a lot of things have gone up a hell of a lot over past couple of months) and unemployment are more important (or at least more relevant), I think. Though obviously everything is connected and so on and so forth. That probably made less sense written down than it did in my head. And it might look like I'm trying to argue something that I'm not. Anyway. I knew what I meant.
Oh I quite agree. But it will, thankfully end Gordon's 'facts in your face' defence at PMQ's which was doing him no good. Cameron would talk about bread and Brown would talk about the balance book. Whether Cameron gave a sh-t about the price of bread and Brown didn't is neither here nor there. The message from Number 10 came across as detached and unsympathetic. Talking about 'quarters of sustain growth' means nothing to the voters.
