I think it's fair to say that Britain currently faces bad choices and worse choices, both politically and economically. So any budget could reasonably be criticised in numerous ways on political… (View Post)

They're banking everything on improving the NHS. The cynics might cry that it's a black hole and the extra money will disappear without trace, but I don't think it's as bad as tha… (View Post)

Osborne announced a review into merging income tax and national insurance. Rarely does much come of a review these days. They seem to absorb and deflect the impetus for change, rather than to focus i… (View Post)

The ten parties, and their leaders, who currently have at least one TD in the Dail, and therefore took part in tonight's "debate" are: Fine Gael (Simon Harris) - who wins the award for… (View Post)

One wonders how well the current government would cope with a repeat of the winter of 1947. (View Post)