Greg Smith

It's ideally how the government that's presenting that budget sees things playing out.

But, yeah, things can certainly change.

And I don't think you can argue with sort of future-proofing by the way of investing in real stuff, you know, tangible stuff.

You know, a school that's going to be there in five, ten years' time or a hospital that's going to service people and the like.

So, yeah, roads, railway, all the sort of infrastructure is real, actual stuff.

And, yeah, things will change, but, you know,

I think there is certainly an element of future-proofing to it.

So, yeah, it is taking a long-term view rather than going the other way.

And this certainly wasn't a lolly scramble by any means.

And so anyone that was expecting it to be will be deeply disappointed.

But then, you know, I think it's prudent in many ways.

Yeah, there's things that could have been better.

And I'm sure you could, depending on your political persuasion, could argue one case or another.

You could also say there's a buffer there for us.

You know, obviously we are heading into an election in a few months' time.

So, you know, is there...

Are the lollies going to be dispersed in a few months' time?

Time will tell on that.

But yeah, a very element of sort of, and Nicola Wells obviously kept using the word about being a responsible budget.

Yeah, it was a boring budget, but I think that aspect of, and whether it was Labour, whether it was National presenting somewhere where you're investing in roads and hospitals and schools, yeah, I think that's a good thing.