How do you go to economic zero to hero if you're a beleaguered Governor of the Bank of England? That's right, throw tradition to the wind and come over all, "yeah, like, the Gord's plan for further stimulus SMELL OF POO, mmkay?" just at the point at which the PM's in Yankland attempting to build a global economic consensus. Well done, Mervyn King, for realising that there's going to be an election next year and there may be bottoms of a different hue to kiss: ten points for ass-covering, zero points for subtlety.
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The benefits of public spending – a calculator. (h/t Clifford) (0)Three Excellent Politicians
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Morning roundup, Tuesday 3rd March 2009
The Today Programme this morning had a wonderful piece of juxtaposition: the BMA chairman teetering on the brink of howling that the reason for the data sharing proposed in the Coroners and Justice Bill was down to the evil machinations of the police state, followed afterwards by a report that local authorities are having difficulty recruiting social workers following Baby P, where the lack of communication between agencies resulted in tragic consequences. Why, one might almost say the two stories are connected, eh?