...what would you spend it on?
Tax cut for billionaires?
Breakfast for disadvantaged schoolchildren?
Hiring some customs officers?
Renting a ferry?
Buying some personalised mugs?
Mending potholes?
Hostels for homeless?
Warning people it might rain tomorrow?
"Boris Johnson's government has embarked on a costly propaganda campaign funded by the taxpayer. You’ve probably seen the billboards and newspapers splashed with the words “Get ready for Brexit”.
These advertisements offer little advice on how anyone can begin preparations for Brexit (it’s not even clear whether we can, beyond stockpiling tinned food and water like some kind of doomsday cult), just warns us that we all must start, and start immediately. It's bit like a pilot shouting “brace for impact'' as hundreds of passengers plunge helplessly towards the ground.
The campaign has cost £100m. Regardless of whether it or not breaks campaign rules, as Labour MP Mary Creagh has claimed, it doesn’t seem like the best way to be spending public funds.
Instead of arguing about the merits of this campaign, let’s instead look at the opportunity cost. How could the government have otherwise invested that £100m in ways which will benefit young people in society who have to live with the ramifications of Brexit for the longest?"
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...ampaign-teachers-climate-change-a9129171.html
Tax cut for billionaires?
Breakfast for disadvantaged schoolchildren?
Hiring some customs officers?
Renting a ferry?
Buying some personalised mugs?
Mending potholes?
Hostels for homeless?
Warning people it might rain tomorrow?
"Boris Johnson's government has embarked on a costly propaganda campaign funded by the taxpayer. You’ve probably seen the billboards and newspapers splashed with the words “Get ready for Brexit”.
These advertisements offer little advice on how anyone can begin preparations for Brexit (it’s not even clear whether we can, beyond stockpiling tinned food and water like some kind of doomsday cult), just warns us that we all must start, and start immediately. It's bit like a pilot shouting “brace for impact'' as hundreds of passengers plunge helplessly towards the ground.
The campaign has cost £100m. Regardless of whether it or not breaks campaign rules, as Labour MP Mary Creagh has claimed, it doesn’t seem like the best way to be spending public funds.
Instead of arguing about the merits of this campaign, let’s instead look at the opportunity cost. How could the government have otherwise invested that £100m in ways which will benefit young people in society who have to live with the ramifications of Brexit for the longest?"
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...ampaign-teachers-climate-change-a9129171.html
