Anything any Chancellor says about the economy is bound to be positive, unless they’re within spitting or shouting distance of a previous government whom they can blame for the rot. After The Banking Crash of 2008, George Osborne was able to both spit and shout over the distance of quite a few years, but it’s a stretch now for the other Phil H. to still blame Gordon Brown (kids etc.) for any current woes. They should probably blame David Cameron, late of this parish. But he’s still, sort of, one of their own.
“Autumn Budget to be scrapped this year”
Remember being told to ‘wait until your father gets home’ or sitting outside the headmaster’s office? And then, when they arrive, you get a cheery greeting and some sweets or pocket money, not the expected dressing down? A relief, though you know in the pit of your...
