Tag: UK Defence
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Budget 26 Count them: 98 policy measures! £7bn in additional taxes. A similar amount in additional spending. Remarkably little change to the direction of the British economy. John Healey’s first Budget as Chancellor was an impressive demonstration of the difference between doing things and achieving things. The government calls it a Budget designed to provide…
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Budget26: crunchtime for Burnhamism. Andy Burnham has tried to demonstrate that government can do things. On Tik-Tok at least. However, on Wednesday John Healey’s first Budget will demonstrate whether the government can deliver on anything that matters at scale. So far, “Burnhamism” has been characterised by what might be called the politics of trying. Loud…
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King Charles popped over to one of his other gaffs for a whirlwind 48-hour tour. He met First Nation representatives and heard some impressive drums, inspected various groups of Mounties, went to a community festival, laid a wreath at a war memorial, dropped a hockey puck, chatted in the sunshine. So far, so normal, if…