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I'm curious what metric you're assessing 'better off' there - by many conventional economic measures such as real wage growth, productivity, GDP, the British economy has either flatlined or gone backwards over the last decade.

Under the previous 'bloated' administration there were 40 consecutive quarters of economic growth at one point.

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Complexity, it’s not always about economic growth. Though it’s also clear the UK has been in relative decline compared to the rest of the world long before these reforms started.

Sure, not everything’s economic growth. But without some concrete examples of where things have actually improved in tangible terms over the last decade you leave yourself open to the claim that what this is _actually_ about is seeing people and institutions you dislike taking a decline in status regardless of the objective consequences.

Privatisation has only introduced complexity and inefficiency into a system that simply needed appropriate funding. The result being rapidly deteriorating services that are more expensive and poorer quality than our comparable neighbours.

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