Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy review: Chilling prospect of how Britain could become a one-party state like China, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS By Christopher Stevens Published: 01:18, 2 July 2024 | Updated: 01:21, 2 July 2024 e-mail View comments Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy (Channel 4) Rating: Do not adjust your set. There now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of the No More Parties, No More Politics campaign. It's an enticing idea.
After six weeks of electioneering, most of us wouldn't care if we never saw another weary debate or question-and-answer session. But one of the solutions floated by Radio 4 economist Tim Harford, on Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy (Ch4), took that idea literally. A couple of his interviewees argued that the UK needs to do away with democracy altogether and go for a dictatorial regime like the one in Beijing .
Will, the boss of a bicycle manufacturing business called Brompton Bikes, said: 'If we really want to deliver stability into the UK economy , we need to get our governments to set out a cross-party strategy, like China , for the next 25 years. We don't just move from left to right due to the loud minority, we're doing it based on facts. That would be great.
' Radio 4 economist Tim Harford's documentary explores why Britain's economy is struggling Perhaps it's understandable a cycle-maker fancies the idea of modelling the UK economy on China. I imagine it would be pretty good for f.
