It was headline news on both BBC and ITV, took up at least ten minutes.Unfortunately I had never heard of him and I cannot even remember his name from 24 hours ago. But I found this news unbelievably depressing. He has resigned because he publicly stated that, in his opinion, a lot of [people in this country "had never had it so good." Mainly because interest rates are at record lows.
I am not interested in what he thinks, its not that that depressed me. It is the fact that this person, presumably educated (he is or was an adviser to our Prime Minister) thought he could get away with a remark like this. Has he got no common sense whatsoever? Worse, as the resignation storm gathered he "withdrew" his statement. So what? He presumaby believed what he said 24 hours ago. He might at least stick with what he said. Did the people who control this country tell him he had better retract what he said and "they" will forget all about it.
So, not only is he incredibly stupid, he is also incredibly dishonest, AND HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING OUR LIVES Pass the soapbox