There were warnings about this years ago, but the Tories will ignore that for convenience and to avoid taking responsibility for anything.
They have told us how important it is to be small state and stating that short termist fiscal responsibility is necessary for the economy. Sunak cutting school repair budgets for economic management. Yet this has, again, led to long term pain and crumbling infrastructure. It’s all very well and good moaning about not trusting government to address problems, because institutions are ‘useless’, but the shrinking of the state and lack of such institutions (bureaucratic as they may be) has led to issues of this nature. This issue is just one highlight of how small statist, ‘more with less’ arguments just doesn’t work.
We need insfrastructure for our vital services, and that requires management.
