Have you heard the one about the cuts? Me neither. Although what I suspect is happening is that lots of favoured causes are finding their way round the guillotine being wielded by Osborne and some of the causes are even being talked up by Cameron. Apparently no cuts for the two aircraft carriers, so that wont be much change out of another few £BN and of course those unlucky investors with Equitable Life wont have to forego a £1.5BN payout and the armed forces wont have to suffer more than a 7-8% reduction in their budgets.
Nonetheless, in other news, there is all kinds of trouble for benefit scroungers, child benefit claimants who are higher rates, policemen and other unworthy causes who are yet to get the axe. Let crime run rampant and oldsters go without bus passes while we bail out the pensions corporations and the banks. What is it with this government and finance? Why are they so transfixed on it.
Later still we learn that people are dodging tax to the tune of £128BN and Whitehall is wasting £20BN on spurious procurement (this according to Sir Philip Green, lest anyone gets upset with myself).
I think we are all answering our own questions here. As a natiom we are wasting money and are making non-attempts to do anything about it because "Not In My Back Yard". Everyone is a special interest group and all will have made their bleating representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. So there's nothing left for George to do except to roll over and play dead.
It will be a great day for this nation when something actually happens. In the meantime I am not holding my breath.
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