Reader Contribution: So you think the Tories are economically competent? Think again ...

From Thatcher to Sunak: how the data compares to the reputation.

Long-time reader Andy Burge has spent a considerable amount of time pulling together official statistics to examine the economic record of UK governments since 1979.

Rather than arguing from slogans, he argues from tables. What follows is his attempt to test the claim of “economic competence” against inflation figures, debt ratios, wages and employment data - and …