This is turning out to be a weird election opinion polls gyrating, reputations fluctuating, the unpredictable quickly becomes conceivable, or not. Theres been farce, and sadly, there has been more tragedy in this campaign than weve experienced before. Yet, a week to go to the vote, and it feels as though some of our structural problems have yet to get a mention. So were going to start with one tonight, even at the risk of looking like we are off the subject of the campaign. The question is how we deal with britains lopsided, low productivity economy . For all the rhetoric of us being the fifth, or is it now sixth largest economy in the world, its not firing on all cylinders. Do the labour and conservatives parties really have any idea as to how to improve things . Well ask them that, and some other questions. But first, a quick look at the journey weve taken, and the problem weve arrived at. Through the monstrous scenery of slag heaps, chimneys, piled scrap iron, foul canals, paths. No
the poll also found a record number of voters now disapprove of the way president obama handling the economy. that s a 52%. america is pessimistic about their ability to improve their lives in the near future. 39% of working class adults say they are unlikely move up to middle class. retirement savings, rising cost of college and paying for groceries and utilities are top financial concerns for most americans. health care is their number one area of concern. i suspect amid all the talk about syria, chuck, that s what americans are focused on and still bad news for the white house. it is. the whole poll screams stagnation. look at that last question you put up and what worries them the most. job security was actually far down the list. but it was all the other costs, right. it s stagnation that you see throughout this poll. so you have a large majority of