The article critiques the perceived inability to build infrastructure in the UK, highlighting the dilapidated state of parliament and potential initiatives like a third runway at Heathrow. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to discuss growth while advocating for airport expansions, despite existing concerns about the feasibility and costs of such projects. The commentary underscores the ironic metaphorical prowess of the nation, suggesting a divergence between public sentiment on construction and actual developmental endeavors, all framed in the tense political landscape ahead of Reeves's speech.
"So don't you dare tell me we don't build things. We build the best damn metaphors in the world."
"Yes, we are now just days out from Rachel Reeves's big speech on growth, delivered against the backdrop of an economy she is widely credited with having shrunk."
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