Intellectual huffing and puffing

With work beckoning and a law conference to prepare for in March today's post will be frugal.

In fact I shall not write anything else, leaving the last word to Ruth Kelly, Treasury Minister: their negativity, stupidity and lack of sense really sums up the government's pathetic response to yesterday's announcement.

"Despite promising year-on-year tax cuts regardless of the needs of public services or the needs of the economy, despite risking a return to boom and bust, the Tories are not promising tax cuts."