Johnson demands Britain 'Build, build, build' to beat COVID-19 slump

[OwlHoot]

Interesting report from Reuters:

Johnson demands Britain 'Build, build, build' to beat COVID-19 slump - Reuters

What a sad commentary on our times, that the UK should have to resort to the "poor man's" economic stimulus of building!

That's the typical starting technique of former so called Third World countries, initially lacking the skills and education to make high-tech things, but they soon catch up and now, it seems, are passing the UK heading in the opposite direction!

[Old Greg]

5 billion is 75 quid per head of population. Not really very impressive as a stimulus.

[darmstadt]

5 billion is also how much the government spent on corona last week

Sent from my 5g carrier pigeon

[AtW]

5 billion is 75 quid per head of population. Not really very impressive as a stimulus.

But new taxes to “fund it” will be much higher

[AtW]

5 billion is also how much the government spent on corona last week

That’s the problem for the lenders - those mugs should have demanded secured loan

[Old Greg]

But new taxes to “fund it” will be much higher

They could start by squeezing the aggressive tax avoider scum harder.

[AtW]

They could start by squeezing the aggressive tax avoider scum harder.

Brilliant idea

[Old Greg]

Brilliant idea

Seize all their assets and then make them make a case for having some of them returned.

[BR14]

Seize all their assets and then make them make a case for having some of them returned.

not much return from a brum kebab shop and a mud hut in a peat bog though.

[AtW]

Force them to do community service - unpaid moderatorship at CUK...