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Eat out to help out

Will take advantage of this waste of taxpayers money on a trip to Rye tomorrow. I admit it is a bit shallow of me to do so. Champagne Socialist etc....
 
Having a couple of days break down in Wiltshire visiting some places we lived 20 years ago. Pleasantly surprised to have our food bill halved at lunchtime at the The Bridge in Upper Woodford. Not sure the BLT with chicken fits into Boris’s lose weight mantra.
 
I'm sure the hundreds (if not thousands) of businesses that this will help won't see it as a waste.
A scattergun approach. I believe the funds could be better used at specific targetted industries. For example, the entertainment industry such as central London theatreland is unable to tade at all. It is a massive earner for this country and would help with the (imagined) v shaped recovery. I gather they've got £1.5bn but the German industry has had £8bn in support ( and I believe it is a smaller size). I'd prioritise keeping them.afloat.

Not complaining about the offer but believe there are better, more cost effective alternatives to focus on. A shame Sunak has sunk.to Johnson's popularism as he's done ok so far.

Stamp duty policy is another waste as Ken Clarke pointed out in an interview last week.
I'd add the £1000 for keeping workers to the list too. Either they need the workers or not. Likely to be dumped at the end of the experiment.
 
Ps, those that benefit will obviously think it is good but that doesn't make it so for the whole country/economy.
 
This will certainly encourage people to eat out which will help the restaurants, it will help the staff who work in the restaurants, it will help the companies that supply the restaurants, it will help the delivery companies who transport the supplies, all of which will start the economy and give people a more positive outlook going forward.
 
This will certainly encourage people to eat out which will help the restaurants, it will help the staff who work in the restaurants, it will help the companies that supply the restaurants, it will help the delivery companies who transport the supplies, all of which will start the economy and give people a more positive outlook going forward.
I went out for lunch today, ended up buying a load of goods from the deli, then visited some other shops on the high street. Otherwise I would’ve had soup indoors.
 
I went out for lunch today, ended up buying a load of goods from the deli, then visited some other shops on the high street. Otherwise I would’ve had soup indoors.

I actually think this is a key point. The scheme does help the restaurant in question, but what it is also doing is trying to get people back out again. Let them have a cheap lunch then hopefully they will pop into other shops and spend other money they would not have if they had stayed in.
 
In fairness I was a bit harsh in saying it was a waste. I just believe there are better ways of spending the money. It will of course kick start some people into getting the economy going again.

Anyway, pleased to see so many of you have converted to Keynesian economics in terms of stimulating growth rather than sticking to Austerity. I thought it was just us lefties who believed in subsidies.
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Quite simply there are over 1 million using food banks and if the government gave them vouchers to give to the restaurants who then were reimbursed by the government the restaurants would have an income and at the same time employ some staff.
 
Quite simply there are over 1 million using food banks and if the government gave them vouchers to give to the restaurants who then were reimbursed by the government the restaurants would have an income and at the same time employ some staff.
A 100% voucher for meals out for 1 million people sounds very expensive.
 
Quite simply there are over 1 million using food banks and if the government gave them vouchers to give to the restaurants who then were reimbursed by the government the restaurants would have an income and at the same time employ some staff.

Yep, can't see that being abused. 🙄
 
It would be good to not have the "but" bit though. I'm sorry but this is political bias and if this was Keir Starmer's idea I'm sure you would be raving about it or at the very least not critical.

There are plenty of things the Conservative government have got wrong during this pandemic but this is not one of them in my opinion.
Spot on Bromley. Had it been Starmer's idea it would have been an act of pure genius.
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