Except that the government are struggling in the polls. You may well accept the general notion that part of what is driving that is the lack of runs on the board, perhaps, and impatience is frustrating some of us. We voted to get rid of the last lot on the understanding that things have been wrecked and destroyed and there was this new lot that we're going to put it right. Trouble has been as they've tried to explain things. Fiscal cliffs were a lot worse than anticipated. And the problem with too many voters is we vote and move on, and then when we re engage, we expect fixes to problems that are more complex than we gave them credit for. So this government has announced a lot, changed a lot, but the simple to read runs on the board are only starting to trickle through. The downturn on crime would be one of them. I would have thought the police focus on running up a few people so we feel safer on the streets. That's a tangible Are the targets on emergency housing being met years ahead of schedule? That's another, surely, And yesterday the Gross Domestic Product the GDP surely one of the most important of all it is the economy, and the economy is everything pays the bills retires that it forks out for the program sets the mood of the nation. If you, and as it turns out, think the good lord we are you are moving forward, and moving forward is what gets popular governments and governments re elected. Everyone, as in the experts had the number at anywhere between zero point three and zero point five percent, importantly, of course, in the right direction, in the positive. So the actual figure zero point seven is better than expected. It must be the best of news I would have thought, for a country that has spent more time in recession than virtually anyone, certainly anyone we compare ourselves to anyone in the OECD. This cannot be overstated in terms of importance. Zero point seven surely comes with the sense that there is more where that came from. So maybe, just maybe we can turn our backs on the dark days or in our case, dark years, that have dragged this country to places economically it's never really been. No, it is not over, and yes there is much to do. But such a decent, dare I suggest, better than expected number will tell you the current government might have got a grip on the worst of it and turn the tide. For more from the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks it Be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio

Except that the government are struggling in the polls. You may well accept the general notion that part of what is driving that is the lack of runs on the board, perhaps, and impatience is frustrating some of us. We voted to get rid of the last lot on the understanding that things have been wrecked and destroyed and there was this new lot that we're going to put it right. Trouble has been as they've tried to explain things. Fiscal cliffs were a lot worse than anticipated. And the problem with too many voters is we vote and move on, and then when we re engage, we expect fixes to problems that are more complex than we gave them credit for. So this government has announced a lot, changed a lot, but the simple to read runs on the board are only starting to trickle through. The downturn on crime would be one of them. I would have thought the police focus on running up a few people so we feel safer on the streets. That's a tangible Are the targets on emergency housing being met years ahead of schedule? That's another, surely, And yesterday the Gross Domestic Product the GDP surely one of the most important of all it is the economy, and the economy is everything pays the bills retires that it forks out for the program sets the mood of the nation. If you, and as it turns out, think the good lord we are you are moving forward, and moving forward is what gets popular governments and governments re elected. Everyone, as in the experts had the number at anywhere between zero point three and zero point five percent, importantly, of course, in the right direction, in the positive. So the actual figure zero point seven is better than expected. It must be the best of news I would have thought, for a country that has spent more time in recession than virtually anyone, certainly anyone we compare ourselves to anyone in the OECD. This cannot be overstated in terms of importance. Zero point seven surely comes with the sense that there is more where that came from. So maybe, just maybe we can turn our backs on the dark days or in our case, dark years, that have dragged this country to places economically it's never really been. No, it is not over, and yes there is much to do. But such a decent, dare I suggest, better than expected number will tell you the current government might have got a grip on the worst of it and turn the tide. For more from the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks it Be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio