Category Archives: Public Sector
Conflicting Tory stories
It has now come light that a prominent Conservative benefactor had been lobbying the government against the Forgemasters loan. Andrew Cook head of engineering firm William Cook Holdings has donated £500,000 and over £50,000 worth of flights to the Conservative … Continue reading
Why graduate numbers have to decrease with this budget
The leaked Treasury document has been the topic of much heated debate. Arguing over forecasts and predictions may be fruitless. The stakes are high to say the least. In the short term unemployment will certainly rise, it is just a … Continue reading
Impending doom, it must be true
“Fill your crown with rumours of impending doom, it must be true”: The Killers – Losing Touch (Day & Age) Those who know their music will recognise that the title of this post is also a line in the contextually … Continue reading
Quotes of the day – budget backlash?
I have only been able to look briefly at the Guardian and FT, they seem unanimous - the budget tomorrow will drastically effect short term growth. “Ultimately, Osborne’s budget will be judged against its impact on growth and the signs are not especially … Continue reading
The figures behind the facts
I would like to deal with a comment on the last entry ‘Darling & the deficit ding dong’. Larusso stated that government spending is currently approximately £650bn, “about double from 1997 – value for money?! Are public services twice as … Continue reading
Darling & the deficit ding dong
We can be forgiven in getting confused and flustered between speculating and facts, although I’m sure sometimes that is the desired result from our politicians. Whilst both can usually be bent around a so called expert and thrown at your … Continue reading
Filed under Alistair Darling, British Politics, Cuts, George Osborne, Nick Clegg, Politics, Public Sector
Quote of the day
“Northern regions depend more on public sector jobs, and staff who lose their jobs will find it harder to get new ones. The private sector will be hit hard too as public procurement is cut. “The risk of a double-dip … Continue reading
Is it fair to cast the Public Sector as villains?
What I find puzzling is that the Tories, and now Lib Dems seemed to have failed to grasp that the public sector grew in the last few years as a consequence of the private sector was retracting. Thus the economy … Continue reading
‘National interest’ – what does it mean?
“The only remedy the Tories have for every problem is to enable private enterprise to suck at the teats of the State.”- Aneurin Bevan, 1945. Be prepared to hear the term ‘national interest’ a lot over this Parliament, even though its meaning … Continue reading
