It's Autumn Statement day today (just in case you had not noticed). As a result I'll be in the Radio 2 studio with Jeremy Vice to discuss what George Osborne has to say from about 1.20 or so onwards (depending on how long George takes to say very little). Opposing me in debate will be Mark Littlewood from the Institute of Economic Affairs who is always amusing for the irrelevance of what he has to say and for his apparent indifference to the needs and interests of the average Radio 2 listener.
At 4.30 I'll be on the BBC News Channel.
There will be a lot of tweets from me as the day progresses - and especially when Osborne is speaking.
And there will be blogs for Left Foot Forward, Class, Economia and others (probably) as the afternoon progresses. All of which is going to demand physical energy from me of a quantity I hope I now have.
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Well, no one can say that you aren’t doing your bit Richard but just make sure you get a fair hearing.
As Mark Littlewood is spokesperson for what is effectively a lobbying organisation pleading the interests of the finance sector plutocrats whose ideology gave us the situation we’re now in, he’ll be indifferent to the needs and interests of a lot more people than just R2 listeners Richard; how about 99.9% of all radio listeners in the UK?
Jeremy Vice? A Freudian slip?
Probably…..
I hope it went well Richard.
I had the misfortune to listen 5 Live for a good portion of the day.
Debt clocks, hyperinflation, nation running out of money etc…. you name it, every tired old cliche was brought before the public ears. Not a single dissenting voice.
The laughable claim of the host announcing he’d got three ‘experts’ on the economy from the House of Lords, LibLabCon – you can guess how it went.
Post-statement the OBR’s figures were taken as sacrosanct – no mention of the previous 5 years ‘forecasts’ going awry.
It’s really not surprising people believe the Emperor is wearing clothes – its pumped out on every media outlet 24/7 with the odd exception.
I was a dissenting voice