Budget Blunder

Today, the budget 2009 report was announced in Parliament by Alistar "the eyebrows" Darling.
Basically to sum-up the budget; the UK is in the shit and the way the government is going to solve the issue of the world recession is to borrow a unprecedented amount of money and plough it into the UK economy through public spending and fiscal stimulus packages.

First off it should be said that Alistar Darling has a stupidly hard job to do, as does any Chancellor of any major European country and he should be commended for not breaking down and crying whilst delivering the worst budget a chancellor has had to deliver in a long time.

After the obligatory rise in cigarettes, alcohol and fuel, Darling said the economy had shrunk by 3.5% well over government estimations and that in order to continue the record levels of public spending, public borrowing will rise to £175 billion, which is the highest in the UK's history.

After Darlings boring speech had to come to a conclusion it was time for David "Chameleon" Cameron to say a few things. Cameron's speech was an offensive speech attacking the government, he rebuffed Darling by claiming that the government had made an "utter mess" of the economy. Cameron then continued with the dressing down of Brown and Darling with some probing comments attacking labour on policies and the state of the economy.

This pleased me as I enjoy a bit of PMQ style political banter and I personally think Cameron is incredibly good as an opposition leader. Many people don't like Cameron and it is understandable why, as to quote Stewart Lee who calls him a David "the weathercock" Cameron, as his political persuasions change with the prevailing wind of public opinion and Stewart Lee still wonders whether he's got a cock or not?

That being said his ability to pick holes in government policy and attack experienced politicians and dismiss labour MP's heckling is remarkable. The highlight of the speech was when Cameron referred to a labour MP's comments comparing going to the IMF to going to a spa, leaving the government red-faced. Here is a clip of Cameron going at the government.



Summarising comment: When Gordon Brown smiles he looks a bit like a paedophile.