Thanks. My view is the reduction in spending was, and is, needed but Osborne went for the most immediately political expedient targets rather than, say, attack the triple-lock, welfare entitlements o… (View Post)

The site is in decline due to the quality of the discussion. See the last thread. We could have had a good conversation on how George Osborne was the most politically significant figure of the last 2… (View Post)

It was all Osborne. Same with defence cuts and justice cuts too. Osborne. (View Post)

Osborne was pure politics. Short-term politics. All a game. Cameron should have challenged him more on the strategic implications of the decisions but didn't. (View Post)

I was in Scotland at the time as a teenager. There was a marked rise in Anti-Englishness in the aftermath of that film's release. I've never been a fan. (View Post)