(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges 11m11 minutes ago Hammond: "UK can sustain a relatively high level of debt". That is direct opposite of what Ministers have been saying for past decade.
You have to be f****** kidding me. Weren't we told that the Bank of England had phoned Clegg personally in May 2010 and told him to do a deal and support austerity otherwise we were Greece thanks to our massive debt?
Quite. It shows the power of message over facts that only last year the Conservatives genuinely convinced most people that debt reduction was absolutely crucial and any party not committed to it at all costs would ruin Britain. Now they're saying the opposite, most people will just say "oh good, thatt's a relief". The problem may be that demands for extra spending on all manner of things will start to reappear.
Congratulations, Morris! - very satisfying! Good luck iwth the next volumes too.
I think the voters want spending on 'people like me' and less on 'people like them'.
And the Conservatives convinced enough of the C1C2s and pensioners of middle England (and Wales) that they were their 'people like me'.
Labour's problem is that they have become viewed as the party of 'single mothers and immigrants' who are 'people like them' in the eyes of the C1C2s and pensioners of middle England (and Wales).
Alex Salmond's boast that he would write Labour's Budget was also a factor.
(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges 11m11 minutes ago Hammond: "UK can sustain a relatively high level of debt". That is direct opposite of what Ministers have been saying for past decade.
You have to be f****** kidding me. Weren't we told that the Bank of England had phoned Clegg personally in May 2010 and told him to do a deal and support austerity otherwise we were Greece thanks to our massive debt?
Quite. It shows the power of message over facts that only last year the Conservatives genuinely convinced most people that debt reduction was absolutely crucial and any party not committed to it at all costs would ruin Britain. Now they're saying the opposite, most people will just say "oh good, thatt's a relief". The problem may be that demands for extra spending on all manner of things will start to reappear.
Congratulations, Morris! - very satisfying! Good luck iwth the next volumes too.
I think the voters want spending on 'people like me' and less on 'people like them'.
And the Conservatives convinced enough of the C1C2s and pensioners of middle England (and Wales) that they were their 'people like me'.
Labour's problem is that they have become viewed as the party of 'single mothers and immigrants' who are 'people like them' in the eyes of the C1C2s and pensioners of middle England (and Wales).
Alex Salmond's boast that he would write Labour's Budget was also a factor.
McD this morning in a pickle. Standing up for teachers and train drivers on £40k upwards, over those poorest in society.
@rosschawkins: Hammond on @BBCr4today - "can either aim for surplus 19/20" or... accept going to take "couple of years longer to get to budget balance"
Isn't that beyond the actual prediction period though.
Unlike Osborne's predictions of specific surplus values which never actually arrived.
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And the Conservatives convinced enough of the C1C2s and pensioners of middle England (and Wales) that they were their 'people like me'.
Labour's problem is that they have become viewed as the party of 'single mothers and immigrants' who are 'people like them' in the eyes of the C1C2s and pensioners of middle England (and Wales).
Alex Salmond's boast that he would write Labour's Budget was also a factor.
Now why on earth would that be, I wonder..
Unlike Osborne's predictions of specific surplus values which never actually arrived.
Nigel Farage warns of 'seismic shock' if Brexit not delivered
He says almost exactly what I wrote on here yesterday.
And I'm not joking here - get on to HBO quick - you never know, you may be in negotiations soon. Luck!