Right, I know I keep banging on about Osborne’s speech, but – Alan Duncan’s loose lips aside – it’s certainly the topic du jour in Westminster. Yesterday evening, I noted a couple of qualms I had with what I thought was – on the whole – an important and effective address. Today, I’ve got another concern to add to the pile; one prompted by Osborne’s article in the Times.
The headline to that article reads thus: “The new dividing line: radical reform or cuts”. And the sub-head runs: “Sceptics argue that reform is a luxury we cannot afford. Without it, money for schools and health will inevitably be slashed.” Now, there are some major problems with that argument. For starters, as the Tories have admitted constantly, the next government will have to cut public spending.
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