As Torsten Bell notes in today's Observer (not online yet), a key problem behind so many issues is a lack of #investment - from the #NHScrisis to #RAAC in #schools, from our #productivity problems, to the state of our #infrastructure; so much would be different if the UK invested at the rate more normal across #Europe. 

But notably behind the UK's seeming short-termism is, to me, a wider problem:

in the UK we have just stopped believing in the future... with devastating effects across society! 

 @43d7c4ea 
It's not about believing in the future. It's about *building* for the future - and Tories don't believe in that. 

For 13 years, Tories have solely focused on plundering the government coffers and bleeding dry every public service until we beg for privatisation.  

We could have nice things, if we dropped the ruinous American view that "government bad" and went back to building public assets and a gov that works.

#NHS was a role model
#GreenEnergy is a massive missed opportunity.