"Consumers are holding onto their cash" LOLASAURUS
Or rather, the number of consumers is greatly decreased because they have no cash. The government is taking it all in taxes.
Income tax + NI= 33% (for most people) or %45 for those lucky enought to have a good job
VAT: %20
Council Tax: ~ %10 for low wage earners
TV tax: + 140 quid a year, now payable even if you only have a computer and net access
Drinking and smoking: Variable rate but not less than 15%
Fuel: 42% of purchase price
Car Tax: couple of hundred quid minimum (for a proper car)
Anyway I think you can see where I am going with this. Westminster takes the vast majority of everybody's money and pisses it all over the place on idiot contracts with there friends, paying the heads of quangos (more nepotism).
My advice, Run for fucking office and hope to god you can convince the suckers that live here that you really do deserve to take over %80 of their earnings for very poor services in return.