As I’ve argued previously, the tradition these days is to read the chancellor’s and leader’s speeches as two parts of a piece. The former sets out the economic fiddlys and route to boom-time Britain, and the latter does the feels: the vision, the philosophy, the kind of society government is set on bringing into being. […]
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What is behind Osborne’s move to the centre-ground?
Oct 6th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Is the loss of Lord Adonis from the Labour side of the Lords really a coup for George Osborne? Not really. A tsunami failed to erupt from the impact point in the cross benches, sweeping away the shiny new works of our equally shiny new leadership. The political damage is limited because he’s not terribly […]