Day: 21 June 2010

The Budget It looks as if the scale of cuts will be quite spectacular. This blog remains politically impartial in terms of party, but is in no doubt that the fiscal deficit has to be cut back quickly so that the budget balances, which will still leave us years of debt reduction which may take […]

Afghanistan A sad but inevitable milestone has passed with the news that the total number of service men and women to lose their lives in Afghanistan has reached three hundred. Meanwhile the scale of violence in that tortured country rises. Another statistic that shows the heroism of our troops, but is very disturbing, is that […]