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who are fortunate enough not to rely on public services that much
I broke my leg last week. Time from entering A&E in horrible pain to leaving in a cast making jokes with the porter was 3 hours. If I didn’t read the lefty press and have friends who work there I’d probably have concluded the NHS was fine.
Some ridiculous fraction of Tory voters are mortgage-free so aren't even impacted by rising interest rates that much.
One-third of home owners are mortgage free. Mostly those aged 60+. Those people are also likely to have cash savings that have been useless these last 15 years. High interest rates are great news for them.
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The international comparison is obviously key to a proper analysis of Sunak's performance, but I wonder whether it really cuts through to the average voter.
I just suspect that are people out there (who are fortunate enough not to rely on public services that much) who will come to think that forecasts of economic armageddon were overblown. Some ridiculous fraction of Tory voters are mortgage-free so aren't even impacted by rising interest rates that much.
At the most simplistic level, petrol prices down = good? That's the heart of US political calculus.