I guess this cartoon sums up much better than a long blog why there is a disconnect between government and the rest if us. For all the great talk of encouraging figures and this really awful phrase ‘long term economic plan’ the reality for most of us has been static or falling wages with price increases in our ‘fundamentals’ whilst my business costs – travel, rail fares etc have increased my charges have remained the same for 4 years. This is not uncommon!