ConsUmer confIdence has slUmped. Is the Imarsana.com/news/doom-and-gloom'>Doom And Gloom laboUr Is sellIng sappIng all enthUsIasm for the brItIsh economy . The governments crItIcs say, It Is tIme for a new message . Reform say they wIll transform the party to pUt Imarsana.com/news/nIgel-farage'>NIgel Farage In nUmber 10. Its a bIg pledge for a party wIth fIve mps. How are they goIng to do It . Good Imarsana.com/news/evenIng-and-welcome'>EvenIng And Welcome to newsnIght the home of InsIght and IntevIews. On oUr panel tonIght, The PromInent Imarsana.com/news/laboUr-donor'>LaboUr Donor and champIon of Imarsana.com/news/green-energy'>Green Energy dale vInce, the former Imarsana.com/news/brexIt-party'>BrexIt Party mep, now talk presenter, alex phIllIps. And the Imarsana.com/news/Uk-dIrector'>Uk DIrector of more In common lUke tryl. For weeks now the government has been tellIng Us the coUntrys fInances are In a rIght old mess. Prepare yoUrself for some paIn, saId the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster. Well, It seems the coUntry has taken hIm at hIs word. ConsUmer sentIment, whIch powers the economy, has dropped lIke a stone In september. We are less wIllIng to spend, whIch means small and medIUm sIzed bUsInesses are not InvestIng eIther. Even the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster annoUnced today he woUld not be bUyIng any new clothes for dIfferent reasons mohamed Imarsana.com/news/el-erIan'>El ErIan Is the chIef economIc advIser to the Imarsana.com/news/asset-manager-allIanz'>Asset Manager AllIanz and presIdent of qUeens� college cambrIdge. Why Is Imarsana.com/news/consUmer-sentIment'>ConsUmer SentIment are so closely tracked by economIsts . It measUres oUr wIllIngness to do somethIng so whether yoU spend as a fUnctIon of are yoU able and wIllIng to spend . If yoU wIllIngness goes down then yoU wIll not spend even thoUgh yoU are able to and that Is a concern people have. It Is thoUgh yoU are able to and that Is a concern people have. Concern people have. It Is obvIoUs to Imarsana.com/news/everybody-concern'>Everybody Concern people have. It Is obvIoUs to everybody that concern people have. It Is obvIoUs to everybody that If concern people have. It Is obvIoUs to everybody that If Imarsana.com/news/people-concern'>People Concern people have. It Is obvIoUs to everybody that If people are. Concern people have. It Is obvIoUs| to everybody that If people are not spendIng then yoU cannot grow the economy, so has Imarsana.com/news/laboUrs-message'>LaboUrs Message backfIred . It economy, so has Imarsana.com/news/laboUrs-message'>LaboUrs Message backfIred . ,. ,. , backfIred . It Is Important to realIse that backfIred . It Is Important to realIse that laboUr backfIred . It Is Important to realIse that laboUr Is backfIred . It Is Important to realIse that laboUr Is beIng | backfIred . It Is Important to realIse that laboUr Is beIng honest In what It Is sayIng, dead honest. And It Is beIng caUtIoUs and how It thInks aboUt Its fIscal prospects. So It Is IronIc that It Is beIng blamed for UndermInIng the economy. The problem Is not the messagIng as mUch as that It Is not beIng accompanIed by a coUple of thIngs. If yoU are goIng to tell someone yoUre goIng on a fIckle joUrney, sell the Imarsana.com/news/destInatIon-and-dontjUst'>DestInatIon And DontjUst focUs on the joUrney. And If yoU focUs on the joUrney. And If yoU focUs on the joUrney, dont do It In a pIecemeal manner, do not annoUnce one measUre here and another there are, bUt In a package so people Understand how they are beIng treated holIstIcally to The Problem wIth the gIven occasIon Is not honesty, not caUtIon, It Is too pIecemeal and lacks the overall framIng of Imarsana.com/news/orwe-pIecemeal'>Orwe PIecemeal and lacks the overall framIng of or we are goIng to and why we are goIng throUgh thIs dIffIcUlt tIme. It why we are goIng throUgh thIs dIffIcUlt tIme. Why we are goIng throUgh thIs dIffIcUlt tIme. It Is becaUse the destInatIon dIffIcUlt tIme. It Is becaUse the destInatIon Is dIffIcUlt tIme. It Is becaUse the destInatIon Is better. DIffIcUlt tIme. It Is becaUse the destInatIon Is better. Is dIffIcU