tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3019120361595976202..comments2024-03-19T09:00:56.265+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: George Osborne's Core Vote BudgetPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-34008664763456896802015-03-19T18:58:42.256+00:002015-03-19T18:58:42.256+00:00The thing about the 30s is, it wasn't actually...The thing about the 30s is, it wasn't actually that bleak for millions of people. Our grandfathers suffered terribly, but people in the south-east generally didn't, and there was a lot of prosperity, which is why the Baldwins and Chamberlains enjoyed more popularity than you might care to think.<br /><br />And that's a parallel, isn't it? Not everywhere then was Wigan Pier and not everywhere now is Stoke-on-Trent.<br /><br />And, admittedly under VERY different circumstances, the culmination of the 30s was a Tory-Labour coalition! With (Major) Attlee and his comrades basically running the home front.<br /><br />We should turn our thoughts to that, that's what I'm saying.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-49185472308242752762015-03-19T16:50:43.731+00:002015-03-19T16:50:43.731+00:00The reason spending goes up in the last year has n...The reason spending goes up in the last year has nothing to do with the election but with the fact that by then a much greater proportion of the state budget will be going to private business and by that date they will be able to transfer wealth from us to themselves and their network of friends. the sort of people who attend the same Rugby matches and whose kids go to a similar school.<br /><br />If they increased spend now it would be wasted on things like a decent health care system, decent infrastructure investment. And my god if we did that Tarquin would not be able to afford his second yacht and that way hell lies.<br /><br /><br /><br />BCFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-40080303933896343332015-03-19T08:42:50.735+00:002015-03-19T08:42:50.735+00:00I think this Idea of him being a Genius just seems...I think this Idea of him being a Genius just seems to come from a group of commentator's who happen to be his mates or are easily impressed. I am pretty sure that most average Tory party membersor voters will not be that keen on him. Given that in 5 short years he has had one Omnishambles budget and a spending review from 4 months ago he has had to unpick yesterday. Clarke, Brown and Darling never had to do this. <br /><br />One element was quite clever. In a post Cameron would when vying for the leadership. Osborne made clear in this budget relatively he could be the more moderate sober candidate (its relative) not prone to Boris's wild fits of populism or being an obsessed ideologue like Gove. His only other rival for the "centrist" candidacy Teresa May has been spiked and worn down by having been the Home Secretary as a string of establishment cover ups have come to light. Dave Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342174682376899373noreply@blogger.com