Damien

The worst thing about Labour's incompetence at the moment is that Osborne doesn't have anyone to really call him out on his budget. He hasn't done that well really. This last year is peak-Osborne. He introduced tax credits amongst a bullish assessment of the economy, he then rolled that back after a HoL rebellion and 'finding' a couple of billion down the sofa, and now it seems he is going to have to cut hard and quickly. He keeps making optimistic deadlines for when the deficit will be cut before missing them.

It's 6 years on now. He can't, although probably will, come out with the 'fixed the roof when the sun was shining' metaphor because he isn't.

The main argument in his favor is that you have Mao-quoting, IRA-supporting, incompetent opposite him. However if your strongest suit is that you're not John McDonnell then you have problems.