Rabbits, hats and a poke in the eye
It is bad enough that the 2016-17 Budget contained so little of substance. Still worse is what it tells us about the approach to public policy of our political class. Thomas Gray said it all: ‘Alas, regardless of their doom / The little victims play! / No sense have they of ills to come, / Nor care beyond today.
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John Stone is a former Secretary to the Treasury (1979-84)
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