I can't add anything to this that your link doesn't get into. I think my only position in this thread is that Rayiner's earlier argument, claiming that Blair "gutted the country" by reducing industrial capacity, is a little too pat. I think? the article you have here would agree with that! (Particularly interesting, from a nerdy perspective, is the way the increase in service sector output messes with the Blair-era stats.) I defer entirely to this article; even if it's not perfect, it's more perfect than anything I can say.