@benedictevans @slightlylate We can neither be sure it's bad nor sure it's better based on that graph. Therefore we should check our data.
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Replying to @tomcoates
@tomcoates@slightlylate And in the meantime, we should not claim there are savage cuts to the NHS or education. Since there never were1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benedictevans
@benedictevans@slightlylate Okay - in 2011, there was around £90bn in education spending. In 2012, there was £85bn. What's that 7-8% cuts?4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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Replying to @benedictevans
@benedictevans@slightlylate But still, that's a drop from around £90bn to £82bn in four years. That is a roughly ten percent cut.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @tomcoates
@tomcoates@slightlylate One would want to dig into PFI to diagnose that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benedictevans
@benedictevans@slightlylate Look - no one's denying the general trend is upwards. But you don't just get to write off a 10% cut as not real2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tomcoates@slightlylate savage cuts back to the level of 5-10 years ago?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benedictevans
@benedictevans@slightlylate Actually yeah - you are tending to put things in the context of the last fifty-sixty years.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tomcoates
@tomcoates@slightlylate I'm reacting to apocalyptic rhetoric that comes across as 'tories are sending children down mines'4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@BenedictEvans @tomcoates: eh, Maggie closed those.
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