{"id":144,"date":"2010-01-10T19:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T19:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2010-01-10T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T19:40:30","slug":"in-the-bleak-midwinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"In the bleak midwinter&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=144\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=144\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-147\" title=\"winter 006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/winter-0062-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"winter 006\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/winter-0062-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/winter-0062-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/winter-0062.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In around 5 months time the people of the U.K will go to the polls to elect the Government for the next parliamentary term.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 13 years of Labour government manufacturing output has declined dramatically from around 20 % of GDP to around 11% today.<\/p>\n<p>The Economy has become grossly inbalanced in favour of the Financial Services and Property sectors. This has proved disastrous and has contributed to the deepest recession we have seen in a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>To rebuild a robust economy we need a mixed economy in which manufacturing plays a major and significant part.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to be cynical about Political parties but it&#8217;s interesting to visit the main parties websites to find out what their policies are towards the Economy and manufacturing in particular.<\/p>\n<p>You may be surprised by what you find.<\/p>\n<p>chris@projectsguru.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>www.projectsguru.co.uk<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D144', 'In+the+bleak+midwinter%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In around 5 months time the people of the U.K will go to the polls to elect the Government for the next parliamentary term. 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