The intellectual future of the Tory party?
George Osborne told the BBC ...Oil prices were "not the only reason" for the lower growth forecasts.."His [Brown's] own mismanagement of public finances is widely recognised as an important factor too.Osborne is widely held, admittedly mainly because there is little competition, to be the intellectual future of the Tory party. It would be interesting to know what basis he has for this statement, and whether he believes the American administration's worse control of public finances has made a larger negative difference in the US.