If you want to know why George Osborne wants to take us back to pre-war economics, this is why: The graph is from Max Roser
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Osborne’s setting the agenda for 2020 with his “entrenching the state” speech
In 2010 George Osborne used the Labour leadership vacuum to create the “country’s broke and it’s all Labour’s over-spending’s fault” narrative. Tonight George Osborne will
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Why Osborne can’t deliver perpetual government surpluses
George Osborne will announce tonight that he wishes to deliver perpetual government surpluses. I have already discussed some of the social implications; this blog is
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Osborne declares class warfare
According to many newspapers George Osborne will be announcing tonight that it is his intention to run long term budget surpluses in the UK so
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