Why George Osborne is an Optimist – and Why He Needs to Be
at Birmingham Uni The knives are well and truly out for George Osborne. The Observer reports that Labour are going to target him as the shadow teams ‘weakest link’. The polling data (referenced in...
View ArticlePut the armour on. 2011 is going to Hurt
Happy New Year. Or is it? The reality is that 2011 is going to be pretty miserable for the whole country. Any honeymoon period for the Coalition (if there was one) is up. The reality of austerity...
View ArticleThe Daily Cost of Servicing Our Debt
This diagram graphically represents the size of our daily spending on servicing our debt in comparison with our daily spend on other areas. It is a sobering reminder ahead of today’s budget of why...
View ArticleInterns: The Whole System is Wrong
One of the more worrying American imports in recent years is the so-called ‘internship’. Nick Clegg launched an attack on them yesterday, and has opened himself up to ‘hypocrite’ charges as a result....
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