Quote of the day: George Osborne calls for an election
Back in 2009 when Britain was first put on negative outlook (then by Standard & Poors), George Osborne…
Economy
Osborne admits the government is “desperate” and “all other policies have failed”
Spot the difference… Today: The Guardian: “The Bank of England will inject billions more of electronic cash into Britain’s flagging…
Chuka Umunna on what Britain can learn from Germany
Ed Miliband is trying not to let a crisis go to waste
Ed Miliband will deliver a speech to City and business audience at Reuters this morning (Friday) on the…
For Lord’s sake, could someone please mention competitiveness!
Politicians have found themselves swimming in new shallows this week. With the economy in deep crisis, party political…
Even Tory MPs think economy will get worse
George Osborne thinks that the economy will pick up in 2012. However a poll of his backbenchers (published…
Osborne delivers just ONE TENTH of the growth we were promised
Today’s GDP figures have confirmed that since the 2010 spending review, growth has been a paltry 0.3%, compared…
Economics and perception
I’ve read with interest the recent LabourList posts by Owen Jones and Emma Burnell. I think on the…
A tale of three credibilities
Yes, you guessed right, another article on the Balls U-turn in addition to the fifty-odd you’ve no doubt…
Triangulation? It doesn’t work anymore Mr Miliband
A few months after Labour’s devastating defeat in May 2010, a former Blairite aide – John McTernan, who…
