The post you are reporting:
"an obsession with overtly liberal social policies much to the detriment of the wider economy"
[yes, many points could be made, perhaps one at a time]
So, there is such a thing as 'the wider economy'.
-Where did that come from, and when?
Where was it before the Big Bang where did it go after?
Was it around when there were mass redundancies and sackings, the closing down of one industry after another - at one end of the scale, and Hedge-Fund gains were soaring, board-room pay and percs were going through the ceiling and Stock-Market profits were stratospheric, when Banks could do no wrong - at the other end. Was it on it's holidays when politics and the media began obsessing over 'The City' and the eternal wonders of the trans-global nature of twenty-first century Business?
You are not alone Philip in following, and being utterly reliant upon, a popular brand of economic sat-nav. And just as long as you all stick together and continue to sing from the one hymn sheet, who is to know that Newcastle Under Lyme is not 'really' the Newcastle Upon Tyne you were looking for?
