In his Alternative Universe Budget today, Alistair Darling, wearing a purple Paul Smith suit and an orange French Connection shirt, opened his statement with a fantastic joke about the French economy before proceeding to cut spending as a result of the Northern Rock fiasco and the global spending slowdown. He… read more…

Ed Balls is a man with ambition. So expect him to really, really, really regret shouting "so what?" when David Cameron claimed that the UK tax burden is "the highest in history" his response to Alistair Darling's budget. The fact that Ed's face went deep purple when Cameron called him… read more…