Tough. Also: fair.
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The Spring Statement was "exactly the wrong way to be making complex policy changes, tweaking policy to hit a precise number in an uncertain and inevitably changeable forecast", writes the Institute for Government's @tompope.bsky.social
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On the other hand, continue to see the economy flatline, along with chances of re-election.
Tough choice (not).
We have a very pedantic Chancellor. (Cf. concert tickets, "They weren't for sale therefore I couldn't pay.")
I wonder if the bluster and apparent steeliness is hiding someone timid and not confident in dealing with the markets.