Bored George, our part-time Chancellor
“Sorry mate, there’s nothing I can do”. That, in essence, sums up George Osborne’s economic policy ahead of…
George Osborne
The curious return of Liam Fox (or why everyone wants tax cuts but George)
So “disgraced former Cabinet Minister” Liam Fox is back today with a shopping list of requests/demands for the…
Ed Balls – tax cutter?
In an article for tomorrow’s Sunday Times, Ed Balls has reiterated his call for George Osborne to reverse…
Anyone seen Dave? Or George? Or Iain? Or Chris?
This morning at 9.30am it was revealed that unemployment rose 47,000 in the last quarter of 2011 to…
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…
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…
George’s yellow snow
“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like…
Doesn’t the Chancellor have better things to do in Tokyo?
I’ve always liked ConHome editor Tim Montgomerie – and not just because he’s more of a pain in…
The Osborne Effect: Growth halved in just 12 months
Today the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) released a report suggesting that George Osborne has…
The graph Osborne doesn’t want you to see
There’s been some complacency and some crowing today as economic growth was revised up from 0.5% to 0.6%…
