Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Gordon Brown sighted!

Consider the evidence:
  • a pre-Budget report which sounds more like a pre-Budget Budget;
  • endless leaking of the details prior to the report in any case;
  • shunting money between capital and current pots in order to sneak past a self-imposed rule;
  • a five-year industrial plan for the country;
  • locating spending cuts and other hard choices after the next election; and
  • shamelessly political budgeteering.
Yes, Gordon Brown is back in the Treasury. I'm surprised the Chancellor didn't declare that he was going to be profligate prudent for a purpose.

1 comments:

Young Mr. Brown said...

Interesting comment, and it seems to be original, since I've not read of anyone else making such a suggestion.

I must confess that it took me by surprise. But then, upon further reflection, it struck me as obvious. If David Cameron is the heir to Blair, then what else would we expect George Osborne to be?