The poisoned chalice of a blinkered, election-chasing Chancellor
Posted by admin978 on April 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
DAILY MAIL, 23Apr09: Two days ago, the Mail invited Chancellor Alistair Darling to put petty party politics out of his mind and deliver a Budget for Britain. We asked only that he should tell the truth about the scale of our troubles and sketch out a realistic strategy for restoring sanity to the public finances. Some hope! Yesterday, he fled in headlong retreat from every reality except one – the fact that within 14 months, he and his fellow Labour MPs will have to face a General Election.
