[abcott]

The govt has announced a budget in 2 weeks time.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ics/8559268.stm

Time for cards on the table.

edit - maybe not - "He has ruled out a full spending review until there is more certainty about the economy".

[magpie]

Yeah, time for a few cheap stunts and maybe shoving in a few things that will make life uncomfortable for the Tories during the campaign.

[Timm]

abcott, on Mar 10 2010, 03:16 PM, said:

The govt has announced a budget in 2 weeks time.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ics/8559268.stm

Time for cards on the table.

edit - maybe not - "He has ruled out a full spending review until there is more certainty about the economy".

The only time there is certainty about an economy - they've missed something.

[abcott]

magpie, on Mar 10 2010, 03:55 PM, said:

Yeah, time for a few cheap stunts and maybe shoving in a few things that will make life uncomfortable for the Tories during the campaign.

cheap will be a first.

[benborg]

abcott, on Mar 10 2010, 03:16 PM, said:

"He has ruled out a full spending review until there is more certainty about the economy".

We're going to cut the deficit but it's a secret how we'll do it.

sterling to lose another 10% before the election then.

[JayScottGreenspan]

benmorg, on Mar 10 2010, 04:31 PM, said:

We're going to cut the deficit but it's a secret how we'll do it.

:laugh:

I'd love it if that was one of the headlines.

[Beastie]

abcott, on Mar 11 2010, 03:25 AM, said:

cheap will be a first.

He can't afford anything big and anything controversial would have to be scrapped to get the finance bill passed in the month or so before the election writs are issued.