As I sat watching the Chancellor yesterday on TV, headphones on listening to the radio coverage to drown out the howls of derision hurled at the screen by some of my colleagues, something interesting happened.
It wasn’t the fact that the Labour front bench had made a fashion statement in purple rather than traditional red, nor was it that I started to nod off during a speech that was long on politicism and short on content. Actually it was the sudden realisation that maybe I have finally fallen out of love with politics, something I have always been passionate about.
How exciting! Today is the last budget before the long-awaited General Election and hands up who is not excited by the prospect of hanging on our Chancellors’ every word?
Ok, a little bit of sarcasm there, but whilst Mr Darling has stated that it will be a “workmanlike” budget, it could actually be one of his most interesting ones. It is certainly the toughest one he has had to give and getting the balance right will be incredibly tough. On one hand he has to show they can be tough on reducing our ridiculous deficit whilst not snuffing out signs of recovery and, on the other, election sweet talking.
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