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garysheldon68

The Economic Realist
Joined 4 July 20260 followers · 0 followingIndependent
Centre Right65% · In Step

7 July 2026 · after 13 votes · current

The Economic Realist

Who you are

You're clearest on the economy — against financial-sector overreach, sceptical of privatised utilities, wary of the Bank easing rules for banks — but that left-leaning conviction doesn't spill into softness elsewhere: you backed the two-child cap staying, opposed loosening Motability VAT relief, and want integration tests before settling immigrants. This is a Britain where the economy answers to the public interest but individuals still earn their support.

Vs Britain

You're roughly split with the national mood — siding with the majority on about 9 of 13 votes — but your dissents are pointed: you rejected Burnham's "good growth" plan when most of Britain also rejected it, yet you backed cement protectionism (67% agreed) and devolution (59% agreed) while the crowd on Motability VAT and the two-child cap went the other way from you.

On your patch

Ashfield often left you isolated in small samples — alone against your area on the leverage ratio, donations cap, and Burnham's plan — though you found common ground on utilities privatisation and cement. It's an area that seems less doctrinaire economically and more socially traditional, and you don't fully match either strand.

Blind spots

You've never voted on housing, health, defence, justice, energy or crime — vast, consequential ground for someone this decided on economics. Eleven scored votes is an early sketch, not a full portrait yet.

What's next

This profile sharpens with every vote you cast — fill in defence, housing, or justice and we'll see whether the economic realist holds steady or splits down new fault lines. Come back next week; the picture only gets truer.