This chancer of the exchequer’s budget has unravelled. He must take responsibility for cold political decisions with no basis in economics or moralityIt’s said that a week is a long time in politics – but under this chancellor a weekend is the length of a “long-term economic diagram”. That’s precisely how long George Osborne was able to stand up his own budget before it collapsed.
It’s unprecedented in modern history for a budget,the centrepiece of a government’s economic policymaking, to disintegrate so rapidly. Yet Osborne has achieved it.
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Source: theguardian.com