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John Ward – Budget : Osborne Dreams Up The Non Idea Of The Century – 14 March 2012

With the bond markets wary of anything beyond a 100 days, the Chancellor offers them something for a hundred years.

I had my doubts about Draper Osborne pretty much from Day One really, but I wasn’t entirely sure he was a plonker until he started singing the praises of Frufru Lagarde. I realise, naturally, that he only did so because she was being nice about his fiscal policy at the time; but anyone with an ounce of common sense would know that proffering any public praise of Mme Lagarde is a hostage to fortune. Continue reading

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