General Ramblings

29^th November: 8-00am – Is there an detail of this afternoon’s Autumn Financial Statement that hasn’t been leaked in advance? Millions of free nursery places, huge infrastructure investment, no extra fuel cuts, a Boris Island airport for London, Humber Bridge toll charges halved, loans for businesses guaranteed. No need to attend and look at Osborne smirking as he delivers it.

                It’s all too little too late of course. He’s wasted eighteen months. It means the deficit won’t be slashed and the spending cuts to pay for it will push the deflationary slide to recession II well before this Plan B.5 kicks in. It’s economically useless, politically smart. Like George himself.

                He’ll get away with it. The total nation will be so relieved that their pain is being relieved they’ll not realise it was pointless in the first place.

What a monster.