I think short term outlook is undeniably bad. But I think this trajectory cannot be sustained over the longer term. The questions to me are how to limit the damage and how to accelerate the inevitable change in direction.

Shocked not to find a Dave Cormack "he's running" under this skeet

My biggest concern is that a lot of the experts that have been made redundant will leave the country so a change in government won’t be enough to halt the rot.