BRITAIN ACTS BROKE.
IT ISN’T.

“We can’t afford it” is the biggest lie in British politics. The money for warm homes, decent transport and lower bills already exists.

The money is there.

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“We can’t afford it”  
is a choice, not a fact

For 40 years, 4 words have ended almost every argument about housing, buses, care and bills: we can’t afford it. It is treated like the weather, a fact of life no one can change. It isn’t. It is a decision someone made, in a meeting, in a building, on a particular day. A different decision gives a different answer.

The trap

Diagnosis

FALSE

Britain has talked itself into acting poor when it isn’t.

40 years of treating “we can’t afford it” as a fact of life, when it was always a choice.

The plan

Way out

Hostage Nation is the practical plan to escape, ready to implement today.

Almost none of it needs a new law. The powers already exist, and some are more than 100 years old.

The facts

9/10

Budget rules scrapped since 1997

Britain has set itself 10 sets of budget rules since 1997 and scrapped 9 of them.

1/3

Debt held by overseas traders

Around a third of UK government debt is held by overseas traders with no stake in the country.

<5%

UK pension funds in British companies

UK pension funds now put less than 5% of their money into British companies. In 2000 it was closer to half.

Britain is capable of much better

For example

£1 to £3.20

Could be added back into the economy

With every £1 spent on warmer homes, it would add £1 to £3.20 back to the economy. If we chose to invest it.

Don’t just take our word for it, check it for yourself

This is not a wish list. It is a plan, and every figure in it is meant to be tested. The report runs to 33 chapters, backed by more than 130 sources, and it is free for anyone to read.

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