17 November 2011, 21:43
iaaems
RE: The threat is [a long slow deterioration in living standards]
It could be said that "the long slow deterioration in living standards" really got underway in 2008 and that we are, at the moment, experiencing 'an event'
For me I believe it started in 1997 when Labour came to office, as soon as they got power they scrapped mortgage tax relief, married mans tax allowance, raided our pensions schemes, sold of the nations gold reserves at a quarter of their value, started pushing up fuel duty and let council tax rises go mad.