No surprise

Why would we think it ‘unexpected’ that the economy shrank in May as well as April after all the tax rises that began in the new financial year? It’s not as if the government is doing anything to encourage economic growth. Quite the reverse, in fact.
    Big laugh that Thievin Reeves was demanding an emergency budget when the economy sagged by the same amount in May 2022, with the Tories in charge.
    One rule for them, another for her?