austerity
Weary Italian voters can teach UK politicians lessons
Italian voters are clearly cheesed off: with the Establishment, and with the country’s austerity programme. The explosion onto the scene of Beppe Grillo – which Freddy examined in his post… Continue reading
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The Daily Telegraph’s verdict: Osborne isn’t working.
The Daily Telegraph is more supportive of the Conservative Party than any British newspaper, which is why its leader today – urging George Osborne to change course – is important.… Continue reading
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Danny Alexander: We’d do it all over again
Danny Alexander told Andrew Neil on The Sunday Politics that even if he had known the economy would only grow by 0.6% rather than the five and a half percent… Continue reading
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It isn’t Miliband’s anti-austerity message that should worry the Tories but his pitch for small business support
Ed Miliband’s speech to the anti-cuts rally today was well-pitched. The lines about how any government would have to make cuts guaranteed him the jeers that he needed to show… Continue reading
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How big are the cuts so far?
‘Osborne’s austerity is killing the recovery.’ It’s a familiar refrain, one that we hear every time there’s bad economic news. And, sure enough, today’s terrible GDP stats have sparked yet… Continue reading
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