Jim Power: Economic growth doesn’t automatically secure re-election
The Latin writer Publilius Syrus, who was born in 85 BC, is reputed to have coined the old saying that “anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm”.
As we face into a general election over the coming weeks or months, the incumbent government must be fearful that this is how a large segment of the electorate is viewing its stewardship of the economy since 2016.
