{"id":32907,"date":"2016-03-24T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=32907"},"modified":"2016-03-24T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:11:34","slug":"has-the-political-mood-changed-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/24\/has-the-political-mood-changed-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the political mood changed already? Evidence suggests the confidence bubble has burst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/24\/people-think-theyre-better-off-and-thats-the-biggest-risk-george-osborne-faces\/\">drew attention to the ONS report this morning<\/a> that suggested that most people thought the UK economy was recovering well - and that this sentiment was part of a trend that had been clear since 2011. In doing so I suggested that George Osborne was safe until, the mood changed. The survey on which the findings were based was taken\u00a0last November.<\/p>\n<p>And now there s some evidence from Ipsos Mori - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/blog\/live\/2016\/mar\/24\/osborne-budget-treasury-committee-trump-vote-to-leave-eu-because-of-immigration-craziness-politics-live\" target=\"_blank\">published today via the Guardian<\/a> - that it has:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/24\/has-the-political-mood-changed-already\/screen-shot-2016-03-24-at-13-03-57\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-13.03.57-550x388.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-24 at 13.03.57\" width=\"550\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-13.03.57-550x388.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-13.03.57-426x300.png 426w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-13.03.57-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-13.03.57-187x132.png 187w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-24-at-13.03.57.png 1802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What this poll implies is a massive downturn in sentiment, not just personally but also for the country as a whole. From positive territory every indicator has turned negative - and for the country as a whole massively so.<\/p>\n<p>As I suggested, this is the portent for change, if of course, anyone has an alternative to offer. If they do the mood is for the taking it seems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drew attention to the ONS report this morning that suggested that most people thought the UK economy was recovering well &#8211; and that this<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/24\/has-the-political-mood-changed-already\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}